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This week on Local Motion we hear from the Colorado River District's General Manager, Andy Mueller for a Western Slope perspective on the on-going negotiations playing out between the upper basin states (CO, NM, WY, UT) and the lower basin states (CA, NV, AZ), as well as a perspective on the eventualities of the on-going drought we're experiencing. We also profile the Gunnison Gorge Anglers, the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, learning about who they are, their mission on the Western Slope, and the kinds of work they do for the rivers in our communities.

“I turn to the poem, I turn to the page for a sense of hope, how to move through life, how to get through a day,” says Danusha Laméris. “I have come to a place where I trust the poem more than I trust myself.” In our second conversation with the award-winning poet, she shares from her newest collection, Blade by Blade, and we talk about how a writing practice grows us, how it allows us to “salvage time,” and how it helps us see how connected we other with the past and with others.

Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.

Time is running out for Colorado River negotiators

A small brush fire near Delta Health hospital still under investigation

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The moment we assume that we know, we close off to new information and wisdom.

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Chris La Tray, a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa, is the author of Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home.

Idaho writer Crista V. Worthy says that unless they’re rescinded or reduced substantially, President Trump’s Chinese tariffs will wipe out the investments made in her family’s small business and kill their manufacturing plant in Boise, Idaho. China had been about to become a major buyer of health products from the family’s business when President Trump announced confiscatory Chinese tariffs. Worthy writes that she’s asking Idaho politicians to stand up for Idaho businesspeople and farmers, opposing tariffs that raise prices for everyone.