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Colorado's trails and mountain roads are cherished by both locals and visitors. Many of these routes are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which is currently surveying visitor traffic in the southwest and central Rockies.

In 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency declared an Emergency Action in Telluride, Colorado, and proceeded to excavate some 15 acres of mine tailings just outside of town. That action is now over, but the town continues to grapple with the remnants of its mining past.

The COVID-19 pandemic opened up opportunities in online education, and has brought student life even to remote and isolated mountain towns. For a handful of graduate students living and working in Telluride, remote student life comes with both challenges, and hopes for the future.

It can be hard to recycle on vacation, but just how bad are tourists at putting their waste in the right bin? The Environmental Protection Agency took this question to Telluride with a study that sorted through a week’s worth of trash from a slope-side short-term rental building.

As more and more skiers are trekking up into the backcountry, first-timers are turning to avalanche courses to learn about snow science, risk management, and best practices to protect themselves and other skiers.

Senator Michael Bennett made a push for legislation to protect the Dolores River in the final days of the 2022 Congress.

KDNK's Morgan Neely brings listeners Wednesday's news, including the Biden Administration getting ramped up to lease hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in our region to oil and gas companies. And, we explore measures dozens of stakeholders are pursuing to protect the Dolores River.

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has the post-holiday weekend news (and blues?), including a look at recent actions by county commissioners in Garfield and Pitkin counties. Also, we join in on some Hanukkah fun with a group of "Roving Rabbis" in Telluride.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the United State Postal Service will deliver more than 13 billion pieces of mail, with post offices in the far reaches of the country bringing holiday cheer to their communities.

In 2017, San Miguel County planted its first pollinator garden in collaboration with the Xerces Society, an organization working to promote international pollinator health. Deep in a valley near Telluride, the garden has been growing ever since.