Rocky Mountain Community Radio

Some living trees in the Uncompahgre measured 9% moisture this summer — drier than the legal limit for kiln-dried lumber. So why did the Gold Mountain Fire leave some whole hillsides untouched? KVNF news rode up Owl Creek Pass to find out, and the answer turns out to be a tree.

Students may be out of school, but the Mancos School Garden keeps growing. Volunteers help maintain crops that support education and local food banks.

Trump first reduced the two Utah monuments in 2017, but this most recent action goes even further, slashing their acreage to under 10% of their original sizes.

A high pressure system is moving over the Western United States and the Rocky Mountains, bringing with it hot, stagnant air. Temperatures are forecast to be 10-15 degrees above normal.

During Colorado's primary elections earlier this month, candidates addressed a variety of issues in their campaigns, from immigration to affordability and healthcare. But how did climate change and the environment show up on the ballot? Reporter Caroline Llanes looks at two key races in the primary election.

Wildfires burning in Utah and Colorado have sent smoke across the Western Slope, prompting air quality advisories. Public health officials say to treat smoky skies like bad weather.

Republican Jeff Hurd and Democrats Alex Kelloff and Dwayne Romero weigh in on some of the big environmental issues in Western and Southern Colorado.

Water experts, attorneys, and leaders on the Colorado Rivered convened for a conference at the University of Colorado Boulder. Prolonged drought, a warming climate and growing demands on the river have pushed it into a crisis.

SB20-83 limits where ICE agents can make arrests connected to courthouses.

As outside investors buy up mobile home parks, a coalition of local residents, nonprofits, governments and private donors are rallying together to inform state laws and regional strategies to preserve these communities as affordable housing.