Colorado Public Radio Staff

Every winter, as a safety precaution, Wolf Creek ski area in Southwestern Colorado uses explosives to trigger several hundred avalanches.Davey Pritcher, the owner of Wolf Creek, talks about a new […]

Rachel Kittelson, director of international studies at Western State College, on their partnership with schools in Mexico and Canada to train “eco-tourism” professionals.

Golden resident and author David Wann says Americans are afflicted with “affluenza,” a desire for material goods that is not only unhealthy for individuals but for the community and the […]

Deborah Dandridge, a doctoral student in anthropology at Texas A&M University, talks about a study that looks at the Storm King Mountain memorial outside Glenwood Springs.

From his extensive garden in Basalt, Jerome Osentowski discusses “permaculture” – or sustainable agriculture – farming which employs a carefully integrated system that requires less work.

John Gould, fire and aviation safety specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Interagency Fire Center, on the Safenet website, where firefighters can report safety concerns not […]

Jim Seastedt, a professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, talks about “diffuse knapweed.”Researchers are trying to discover the key to controlling the weed that has infested about 80-thousand […]

Susan Gambrill, special assistant to the Commissioner of the Colorado Division of Insurance, talks about the difficulty of finding affordable health insurance for businesses that employ 50 or fewer people.

Boulder resident Jodi Jill describes the literacy program she founded called Images of Literacy.

Jeff Berman with Colorado Wild on a new law in La Plata County that allows development agreements approved by the county to be referred to the ballot.

Senior Producer Kelley Griffin speaks with Denver coffee shop owner Mark Overly about the variables that are involved in the making of a good cup of coffee.

Chief executive officer of Durango Mountain Resort Gary Derck with another perspective on a new law in La Plata County that allows development agreements approved by the county to be […]

John Suthers, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, discusses his testimony before a State legislative interim committee that is studying criminal sentences.

Laura Carlson speaks with Jeff Crane, project engineer for the North Fork River Improvement Association, about a river restoration project completed on the north fork of the Gunnison River this […]

The Work and Family Center in Denver, where former inmates can get help making the transition to society, will ask the state legislature to expand funding for these programs in […]

Mark Cavanaugh, senior policy analyst with the Bighorn Center for Public Policy, tells about the group’s successful campaign to pass a bill that created a “no-call” list for telemarketers.