Colorado Public Radio Staff

Ron Walker, president of the Colorado Elk Breeders Association, talks about the impact of chronic wasting disease on the elk ranching industry.

Colorado State University professor Charles Shackelford on directing a new center funded by the U. S.

Diane France with France Casting in Fort Collins on making replicas of bones to aid scientists, teachers and criminal investigators.

Bob Stencel, University of Denver astronomer and member of the International Dark Sky Association, on a law that curbs light pollution from state fixtures such as highway lights.

Laura Carlson talks with retired teachers Albert and Terry La Salle who have compiled a history of the Mesa County Valley School District, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Ron Cattany, restoration trustee and deputy director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, discusses river restoration projects suggested by local residents in the wake of the Alamosa River environmental […]

Laura Carlson speaks with Greg Walcher, Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, on continued attempts to block a controversial land sale in the Eagle Valley.

Cathlin Donnell, chairperson for the Colorado Supreme Court Committee on the Effective and Efficient Use of Juries, addresses whether juries in serious criminal trials should be allowed to ask questions.

Jennifer Eagan, regional director for Lindamood Bell, on the learning system chosen by the Business Group to be used in the Denver Public Schools reading program.

Producer Scott Kinnamon and student Annette Lucero discuss a documentary project being produced by students about the transformation of Manual High School.

Denver law student Blake Harrison on challenging one of the ‘blue laws’ in Colorado: the ban on Sunday sales of alcohol.

Architect and consultant Bill Brummett on the construction of an innovative Denver retirement community designed to be more attractive and less institutional.

Colorado Senator Penfield Tate and Representative Brad Young talk about their work on the state’s Joint Budget Committee.

Kelly Stone, a biologist at the Monte Vista Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge, on the fate of whooping cranes in the Rocky Mountain Flyway.

Eric Hirsch, education program manager at the National Conference of State Legislatures, on a study that anticipates a shortage of Colorado school principals in the next five years.

Meteorologist John Henz talks about Colorado’s history of drought and the challenges for the future.