ENVIRONMENT

iSeeChange: A Better Year for Birds

Marty Durlin — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:29:00 +0000

May 11 was Colorado’s Migratory Bird Day, celebrating the nearly 500 species that live in the state or pass through it. Local naturalist, birder and author Evelyn Horn has spent the past twenty years or so focused on birds. In 1989 she and her husband Al moved from Las Vegas to Eckert and settled near Hart’s Basin, or Fruitgrowers Reservoir, which is controlled by the Orchard City Irrigation District (OCID). People had just been banned from the reservoir because of e-coli, and the absence of human activity made it more attractive to birds.

iSeeChange Featured on This American Life

Christy Eller — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:41 +0000

KVNF's beloved Julia Kumari Drapkin has produced a feature for the popular radio program, This American Life, which can be downloaded and podcasted started Sunday, 5/19/2013 at 6pm.

Western Slope Skies 4/26/2013

Joyce Tanihara — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:38:00 +0000

Saturn…The ringed planet. The sixth planet from the Sun; second largest in the Solar System behind Jupiter; and the one that evokes the most vivid images in our thoughts. It is an unforgettable sight, even in a small telescope.

From now until early May, Saturn will be the brightest it has been for more than 5 years. It rises in the east as the Sun sets and will be visible all night long.

As the Worm Turns 4/22/2013

Donna Littlefield — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:02:51 +0000

Today Lance spoke about his planting schedule for the coming week :

Onions (by seed): He likes Yellow Spanish, Newberger and Red Man onions - all good storage onions

Seed potatoes - planting potatoes for seed next year. grows them like regular potatoes but picks the medium size taters for seed - choosing those that are the furthest and deepest from the stalk. He also recommends not washing or cleaning the seed potatoes to prevent any kind of damage to skin = store in the state that they come out of the ground with.

Journal Sheds Light on North Fork of Yesteryear

Marty Durlin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Paonia resident Amber Kleinman has been reading through the daily journals of William Beezley, an orchardist and farmer who lived up Steven’s Gulch in the first half of the 20th century. Recording selected entries for thealmanac.org and comparing them to current weather and conditions, Kleinman – a small-acreage farmer who keeps a journal herself -- has gained a new perspective.

The Chorus of the Leopard Frogs

Marty Durlin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:01:12 +0000

On thealmanac.org last week, Marilyn Stone noted that she hasn’t heard the chorus of leopard frogs she usually hears by this time of year, and wondered about the effect of a nearby wetlands that dried up last fall. KVNF’s Marty Durlin has some answers from a scientist who studies leopard frogs.

Brent Helleckson on "The North Fork Alternative Plan"

Marty Durlin and marty — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:17:53 +0000

Western Slope Skies 4/3/2013

Marty Durlin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:31:09 +0000

Listen to Western Slope Skies, a report on the heavens from the Black Canyon Astronomical Society.

Western Slope Skies 3/15/2013

Marty Durlin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:12:14 +0000

Listen to Western Slope Skies, an astronomical report created by the Black Canyon Astronomical Society.

The Plight of the Honeybees

Marty Durlin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:10:56 +0000

Here in the North Fork Valley, healthy bee colonies continue to swarm and thrive. But there are threats. Back on March 6th, fourth-grader Noah McDaniel reported to iSeeChange that he’d seen his first bee of the season during recess at Paonia Elementary. Now, a few weeks later at Caren von Gontard’s farm on Lamborn Mesa, the bees are – well, busy.