Recovery Resources operates the only homeless shelter in the Roaring Fork Valley; River Bridge in Glenwood supports interventions with abused children; Mountain Valley Developmental Services gives meaning and community to the region’s developmentally disabled. Valley Voices learns more about all three, with host Marilyn Gleason.

Kirk Siegler is NPR's go-to guy when stories of the West rise to national attention. He got his start in public radio in Colorado, as a reporter for two years in the Roaring Fork Valley at Aspen Public Radio, and 7 years reporting from Colorado stations including KUNC.Kirk Siegler talked to KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh about life as a roving reporter for NPR covering the vast Western landscape and the stories behind the stories you hear on NPR.

The Bureau of Land Management has cancelled its contract with the Department of Corrections, effectively shutting down the Wild Horse Inmate Program by the end of November. Amy Hadden Marsh speaks with Carol Walker, a longtime wild horse advocate, on what this means for the far and immediate future.

Audubon chair Delia Malone discusses coexisting with wolves and bird migration.

Carter Niemeyer is a wolf expert with more than 40 years of experience. He was part of the federal team that reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho in the '90s and was on the Technical Working Group that advised Colorado Parks and Wildlife during the Wolf Restoration and Management Plan process. He has written two award-winning memoirs about his career with U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services and will be in Carbondale this weekend for workshops and a book signing. He sat down with KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh earlier this week to talk about wolves among humans and what made him go from Wildlife Services to wolf advocacy.

News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Sheryl Barton, the Executive Director of Smiling Goat Ranch, about the powers of equine therapy for those with PTSD and how connecting with nature can bring us back to ourselves.

Bret Adee, one of America’s biggest commercial beekeepers, talks about pesticides and bee health with Marilyn Gleason, just back from the American Beekeeping Federation conference.

Host Marilyn Gleason is joined by Joe Van Wyk ahead of his presentation and photo walk tomorrow in Carbondale. Joe's book is the The Mindful Photography Field Guide. In it he explores the connection between creativity and inner peace. We'll talk about smart phone photography techniques, chasing things that sparkle, healing through art, and poodles.

Paula Stepp and new executive director Kate Collins of the Middle Colorado Watershed Council talk to Marilyn Gleason about the region's pressing water issues.