Mushrooms

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

There’s been a bumper crop of mushrooms in northwest Wyoming. And an effort is underway to document them — the first of its kind in more than 40 years.

This week, hosts Jeanne Souldern and Raleigh Burleigh interview Tasia Poinsatte, director of the Healing Advocacy Fund, about Prop. 122 and the upcoming Aspen Psychedelic Symposium on June 2.

Psilocybin, the psychoactive substance in so-called magic mushrooms, is decriminalized in Colorado, thanks to Proposition 122. But it will likely be a few years before Coloradans can access it through state-regulated clinics.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West about renaming landmarks, mushroom poetry, and closures in Rocky Mountain National Park.

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Tuesday's news, including which initiatives made November's ballot statewide, and ballots closer to home. And gas prices in Colorado may be below the national average, but prices here in the Roaring Fork Valley are much, much higher.

For many, the monsoon season in Colorado's highest peaks means one thing: mushrooms. This month, the late summer rains are filling high elevation forests with a diverse array of fungi, and mushroom enthusiasts are headed out to get their fill.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Monday's news, including the expiration of Aspen's residential development moratorium.