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Roughly half a million dairy calves were transported from seven states in the upper U.S. to calf-rearing operations in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas in 2022, according to an investigation conducted by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), creating potential health risks for animals and people.
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The state won't know until May or June whether the chemical deployed in the Snake River worked to kill all the mussels.
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Kernza is the new, perennial grain trying to win over Colorado's craft beverage industry.
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After his Democrats' tax relief plan failed this week, Gov. Jared Polis wants lawmakers to come up with a plan to avert next year’s sharp property tax increases, but they only have a few weeks to figure it out.
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Dallas Goldtooth, the acclaimed Indigenous activist, comedian and actor, just gave the keynote address at a Harvard conference exploring the university’s history of enslavement of Native peoples and its role in colonization. At times irreverent and hilarious, and at others unsparing and sincere, Goldtooth shared his thoughts on how accountability for institution’s like Harvard could be achieved.
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Artificial Intelligence has the ability to write everything from cover letters to movie scripts. It’s also being used to write books about gathering food in the wild. But AI’s foray into foraging comes with risks.
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More than 100 Democrats in Congress want to restore federal protections for wetlands and streams. Lawmakers are responding to a Supreme Court ruling from earlier this year that gutted protections for many small waterways.
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A new study from Portland State University suggests that some of the Mountain West’s glaciers do not qualify as glaciers anymore due to their size and lack of movement.
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As climate change strains power grids nationwide, the federal government is spending more than $2 billion over the next few years to help states and tribes strengthen their infrastructure. Some of those funds are already flowing to parts of the Mountain West.
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New research is showing that fall snowfall can be a good predictor of what the rest of the season will look like.
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Fall means it’s hunting season for many residents in our region. One popular way to hunt and fish is to lease land from private property owners for a more one-of-a-kind experience, and technology is changing the way people find these opportunities.
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Researchers found that the emotions people feel – or don’t feel – when learning about climate change impact their support of policies on the issue. The George Mason study specifically focused on guilt, sadness, anger, fear and hope.