Colorado Public Radio Staff

Andy Cadenhead, supervisory forester on the Routt National forest, talks about a plan to reduce the impact of an infestation of spruce beetles near Steamboat Springs.

Rocky Smith with Colorado Wild on the possible environmental impact of the spruce beetle prevention tactics.

Laura Carlson speaks with retired forester Stephen Arno co-author of Flames in Our Forest: Disaster or Renewal?

Carole Walker, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, on the rising costs of homeowner’s insurance in Colorado.

Michael Browning, water rights attorney and president of the Colorado Water Trust, a group that wants to set aside more water for rivers and wetlands.

Jon Goldin-Dubois, head of a citizen’s group backing the Colorado Voter Initiative, a ballot measure that would allow people to register to vote on Election Day.

Kirk Anderson, co-founder of Rattlebrain Theater Company, an acting troupe recently formed by three Denver comedians.

Klemmens Branner, founder of Venture Snowboards in Denver, on the environmental techniques his company uses in the production of snowboards.

Alphonse Keasley, director of the Minority Arts and Science Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, reads from The Devil’s Red Nickel by Robert Greer.

Steve Work, director of operations at Denver Water, talks about the impact of wildfire on the city’s water supply.

Writer and emergency room nurse Melanie Boock shares her comments about being the wife of a firefighter.

Michelle Ames, who covers the legislature for the Rocky Mountain News, on issues lawmakers will be facing in an upcoming special session of the state legislature.

Jim Saveland, a former smoke jumper who is the Assistant Director for the Rocky Mountain Research Station, a division of the U.S.

Doug Koza, associate state director for the Bureau of Land Management, on the challenge of balancing a multitude of competing interests while managing land for the public good.

Laura Carlson talks with Andy Kerr, director of the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign, about a new proposal that would ask Congress to fund a buyout program for grazing leases.