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Regional Roundup

The Regional Round Up is brought to you by Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) managing editor, Maeve Conran. RMCR is a coalition of non-commercial radio stations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Member stations broadcast diverse news and music programming. This half hour show highlights the unique work being done by RMCR statoins.

  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the flooding in the Four Corners region, followed by the story of one of the world’s toughest ultramarathons, the Moab 240, which this year was canceled for the first time in the race’s history due to flash flooding and dangerous winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel. Then we’ll hear about the connection between bison restoration and our public lands, and head to Telluride to learn about the history of the town’s famous bluegrass music festival. We’ll round out the show at a drag queen story time in Western Colorado.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about concerns over opening Chaco Canyon to drilling. Then we'll hear about the history of filming Western movies in Colorado, followed by a visit to a wildlife rehab center that has seen a massive uptick in orphaned baby bears requiring help. Then we get a behind-the-scenes look at the gondola that connects Telluride to Mountain Village, and we round out the show with a discussion of the landmark climate lawsuit brought by Boulder, Colorado, against two oil companies.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we’ll hear about the reopening of a lawsuit challenging the shrinking of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, followed by a report on challenges facing Native American voters. Then we'll hear about a court ruling against a group that claimed ownership of nearly 1,500 acres of public land in southwest Colorado. We then hear a selection of voices from No Kings rallies in the region, followed by a look at efforts to save fish in Wyoming’s Snake River. After a story about a new pump track in southwest Colorado offering recreational opportunities for young people in a small mountain town, we round out the show with a look at the challenges of distilling whiskey at high altitude.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we'll hear a report on a new program that seeks to expand access to birth control, then a report on a new program that gives out free trees to residents and businesses in southwest Colorado. After that we head to a historic ranch in Wyoming, the site where the Wilderness Act of 1964 was first drafted. After that we'll hear how communities in Utah are pushing back against data centers, then we visit an orchard in Colorado which is cultivating historic apple varieties. We round out the show at the public library in Longmont, that recently hosted an event featuring performances of excerpts from banned books, part of the library's Banned Books Week celebrations.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to restore beaver habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park, then we head to Western Colorado to hear how one rural community is dealing with electronic waste. After that we head to the Four Corners to the burn scar from the Ferris Fire to hear how wildfire impacts soil. We round out the show hearing about what El Niño might bring to the drought-stricken Rocky Mountain West.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to restore beaver habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park, then we head to Western Colorado to hear how one rural community is dealing with electronic waste. After that we head to the Four Corners to the burn scar from the Ferris Fire to hear how wildfire impacts soil. We round out the show hearing about what El Niño might bring to the drought-stricken Rocky Mountain West.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to restore beaver habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park, then we head to Western Colorado to hear how one rural community is dealing with electronic waste. After that we head to the Four Corners to the burn scar from the Ferris Fire to hear how wildfire impacts soil. We round out the show hearing about what El Niño might bring to the drought-stricken Rocky Mountain West.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear how officials in Teton County, Wyoming, are considering a resolution to recognize the role of immigrants in the community. Then we'll hear about an excavation for Ice Age fossils happening near Aspen next summer. After that, a report on how the record-breaking drought is impacting fall foliage this year. We'll then hear how the drought is impacting bears and why there have been more human bear conflicts this year. We'll then hear about the tiny town of Garfield, near Salida, in Colorado, which has been under a boil advisory for more than a month due to issues with their water system. We round out the show at 13,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains as we tag along on the Imogene Pass Run that took place in the San Juan mountains in southwest Colorado on September 12.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear how volunteers are helping protect cultural resources in Utah. We then head to Wyoming to hear how ranchers are using satellites to help herd cows, saving time and money. Then, we hear about a giant water lily competition at the Denver Botanic Gardens. We then head to the Four Corners area to hear about the world premiere of The Cortez Overture. We round out the show hearing how writing bad poetry can be used during therapy.
  • On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear about efforts to repeal the Roadless Rule, which protects national forests, and reaction from public lands advocates in Wyoming. Then, we hear from the Southern Ute Tribe about its objections to a proposed mine in the La Plata Mountains. We’ll also hear about the challenges of recycling in rural Colorado, and then we head to Wyoming to learn how volunteers are tracking the American pika. And we round out the show with a look at how drought is affecting farmers across the region, and the impact it’s having on the mental health of agricultural workers.