This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a story on how the National Park Service is marking its 109th anniversary, and parks advocates are using the milestone to call for more support at a time of budget cuts and staffing shortages. In Boulder, residents are working to establish a new sister city relationship with a community in Ukraine. We’ll also hear about efforts to reduce wildlife–vehicle collisions across the West, and wrap up with a conversation about the latest Bureau of Reclamation report on the Colorado River.

This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a story about a Colorado teacher who spent her summer running a farmers market stand and even brought her students along for the experience. There’s a conversation on how wildfire smoke affects public health, and another conversation on how budget cuts are straining the country’s national parks. And we check in with an immigrant advocacy group on the impact of recent immigration raids on local communities.

This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a look at efforts to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the massacre of Chinese workers in Rock Springs, Wyoming. We head to a rural Colorado gymkhana, where riders of all ages show off their skills. We listen in on an audio postcard capturing the birdsong of a Ponderosa pine woodland near Boulder, and we visit a bustling farmers market in Paonia, Colorado. We round out the show hearing from the author of Food Fight: Misguided Policies, Supply Challenges, and the Impending Struggle to Feed a Hungry World about the challenges ahead for feeding the planet.

This week’s Regional Roundup includes a report on how goats are being used as an eco-friendly solution for weed management. A discussion on the history of Lincoln Hills, a once-thriving resort for African Americans just outside of Denver. We share an excerpt from our recent regional call-in show on public lands. And we hear a conversation about how climate change is impacting tick populations.

This week’s Regional Roundup includes a story on efforts to map extreme heat in Moab, Utah. The Bird Conservancy of the Rockies shares its work to protect birds and their habitats across the region. We visit the Montrose County Fair to meet 4-H students showcasing their animals, and investigative journalist Will Potter discusses his latest book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth from Farm to Fable.

This week’s Regional Roundup features a story about a family preparing for a quinceañera, a traditional 15th birthday celebration. From northwest Colorado, we meet two seasonal camp hosts at Pearl Lake State Park. A story about a historic kayak journey by Indigenous youth along the Klamath River, retracing ancestral waterways, is followed by a collection of voices from people enjoying the Arkansas River. We round out the show with a conversation with Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate, who died earlier this month.

This is a rebroadcast of last September's show, which features the RMCR "Loved to Death" series, which was just awarded first place for collaborative effort/Division A in the recent PMJA awards.

In this week’s Regional Roundup, it’s all about books and storytelling — from an independent bookstore in a mountain town to Colorado’s Western Slope poet laureate. The show also features a librarian pushing back against book bans and a community storytelling project in Utah that amplifies the voices of the unhoused.

In this episode of Regional Roundup, we hear about a new podcast that explores the ripple effect of gun violence. We'll hear from a right-leaning environmental group that says conservation is a conservative value. And we look at the challenges facing pollinators and bees, and how a citizen science project is broadening our understanding of fireflies in the Rocky Mountain West.