Environmental Issues

The American Beekeeping Federation is a national organization that supports the interests of all beekeepers and the beekeeping industry in the United States. It also runs the American Honey Queen program, a national competition with the goal to promote beekeeping, increase national honey consumption, and educate the public about the value of honey bees.Colorado does not have a Honey Queen program, but in January last year KDNK's Marilyn Gleason visited with the 2024 American Honey Queen and the three young women hoping to take her place.

Changes to the hunting and trapping of furbearing animals on Colorado’s public lands is the subject of an upcoming CPW Commission meeting. Officials are expecting a high volume of attendees to turn out for this controversial issue. Here’s KDNK’s Lily Jones speaking with Delia Malone of Colorado Wild.

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2026 is already shaping up to be a busy year for Colorado and the United States at large. From the AG's lawsuit against Robert F. Kennedy Jr to protect trans healthcare, to Colorado's first mountain lion fatality since the 90s, here's everything you missed in January.

Preparations are beginning in Colorado to reintroduce another predator to the wild, and some prominent critics of wolves are behind the effort to bring back the wolverine.

St Benedict's Monastery and surrounding property were recently sold to Palantir CEO Alex Karp for $120 million. Karp is planning on using the property as a residence. But who is he, and what is Palantir?

Colorado has been fighting Aquatic Nuisance Species or ANS for years. Aquatic invasives are often small unremarkable invertebrates; it isn’t obvious how much damage they can cause to native environments, human infrastructure, and biodiversity across the West.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.