Colorado Public Radio Staff

Pat Uris of the Colorado State Board of Nursing and Chris Wenzel of the Colorado Alliance for Nursing Workforce Development on Colorado’s severe nursing shortage.

Melinda Kassen with Trout Unlimited on a new report that indicates the state’s rivers and streams are in decline.

Senator Ken Gordon, a Democrat from Denver, talks about sponsoring legislation to implement one of the ideas included in the Trout Unlimited report.

Andy Stone, editor of the Aspen Times, with the story of an Aspen ski instructor who faces misdemeanor charges for cutting down trees in a ski area.

Laurie Herndon with the Amistad Immigrants’ Rights Coalition in Boulder discusses pending Colorado legislation that would make it possible for an illegal immigrant to get a driver’s license.

Pitkin County’s Chief Building Inspector Stephen Kanipe on a proposed mandatory code designed to reduce the impact of construction on the environment.

Kathy Goldstone on the Cancer Quilt Project.Her goal is to make 24 quilts a year for patients at cancer clinics throughout the Front Range.

Laura Carlson speaks with Steve Smith, southwest regional representative of the Sierra Club, about a proposed bill to create the Deep Creek Wilderness Area northeast of Glenwood Springs.

Laura Carlson continues her conversation about a proposed bill to create the Deep Creek Wilderness Area northeast of Glenwood Springs with Josh Penry, staff director for Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis.

Tim Davis, private lands coordinator for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, discusses approaches to protecting prairie dogs.

Judy Enderlie, prairie dog campaign coordinator for Rocky Mountain Animal Defense, on the relocation of Denver prairie dogs.

Christy Whitney, director of Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, on pending legislation to create a committee to study the expansion of specialized care options for the terminally ill.

Kirk Johnson, curator of paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, on the urgency of collecting fossils from road construction areas before they are covered up.

Laura Carlson speaks with Colorado historian Dave Fishell about the creation of a memorial for Grand Junction miner John Otto, the first custodian of the Colorado National Monument.

Parachute’s Mayor Pro Tem Dave Beasley on the town’s imposition of lawn watering restrictions.

La Plata County rancher Doug Davis talks about the possibility of selling some of his calves early due to lack of water for growing hay.