The Water Buffs podcast is out!
Check out this new podcast produced and co-managed by Hannah Leigh for the Water Desk.
Check out this new podcast produced and co-managed by Hannah Leigh for the Water Desk.
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Over the course of 2019, Hannah Leigh Myers produced a radio series for KGNU on the FLOWS environmental leadership group. The series, which included radio shorts, audio documentaries, call-in shows and an in-person panel at the Dairy Art Center in Boulder, highlighted the importance of recognizing marginalised groups as leaders in climate work and the necessity to engage those communities in climate action. Find the entire series here. |
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Each year, The Tipi Raisers, make a 400 mile horseback trek from Colorado to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in solidarity with the Oglala Lakota people. Hannah Leigh joined the 2018 Lakota Ride for a day of the three week journey and heard just how much the cross cultural relationships the trip fosters mean to the people of Pine Ridge, struggling to survive in the community with the lowest per capita income and life expectancy in the United States. To see photos and hear the story, click here. |
Connecting the Drops
Since 2014 Hannah Leigh has produced series for the Connecting the Drops radio series sponsored by Water Education Colorado (Formally The Colorado Foundation For Water Education) and Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
Good Samaritan laws may be the key to cleaning up hundreds of abandoned mines leaking acidic waste into Colorado waterways. So what's the hold up? For a listen, click here.
Beer and wine made from purified wastewater are offering the public exposure to a type of water reuse with the potential to reshape water consumption in Colorado. For a listen, click here.
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. While Colorado is home to only one wild and scenic designated river, a second river could soon be added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. For a listen, click here.
Aquatic nuisance species can wreak havoc on ecosystems, outdoor recreation, hydroelectric power equipment and the economy. When dreaded mussel larvae were discovered at Green Mountain Reservoir in August, state leaders sent a plea for help all the way to the White House. For the story, click here.
Colorado's growing population is putting pressure on water providers to come up with more and more of this precious resource. Conservation efforts have been increasing but utilities are also paying attention to water lost in the system through leaks. For a listen, click here.
Water Denver Water is planning to divert more water from the Western Slope and store it in an enlarged reservoir in Boulder with the hope that the company can satiate rising water needs on the Front Range. The Gross Reservoir Expansion Project would join many transbasin water diversions in Colorado that move over a half million-acre feet of water from state rivers in the west to storage basins. For a listen, click here.
From November 2017 to February 2019 Hannah Leigh Myers served as the Multimedia Producer for the RELATIONSHIP SCHOOL® and Manager of THE SMART COUPLE PODCAST
ZERO WASTE RADIO SERIES
IN 2018 HANNAH LEIGH PRODUCED STORIES FOR A ZERO WASTE FOCUSED RADIO SERIES SPONSORED BY BOULDER COUNTY AND ECO-CYCLE
Boulder County has a long history of youth lead environmental activism. But in the last decade, rallies organized by young people concerned about sustainability are becoming increasingly frequent and ever larger. For a listen, click here.
Regardless of the sharp increase in textile waste, very little used fabric from Colorado and the Front Range is being recycled. For a listen, click here.
IN 2018 HANNAH LEIGH PRODUCED STORIES FOR A ZERO WASTE FOCUSED RADIO SERIES SPONSORED BY BOULDER COUNTY AND ECO-CYCLE
Boulder County has a long history of youth lead environmental activism. But in the last decade, rallies organized by young people concerned about sustainability are becoming increasingly frequent and ever larger. For a listen, click here.
Regardless of the sharp increase in textile waste, very little used fabric from Colorado and the Front Range is being recycled. For a listen, click here.
The Pause Your Life Podcast is out! The Pause Your Life Podcast digs into the newest research on the effects of today’s fast-paced lifestyle, shares practical words of wisdom from philosophers, and explains the Pause Your Life method for escaping the hamster wheel that we all live on. Hosted, written and produced by Hannah Leigh Myers. Music contributions by Buddha Bomb. Listen to the three part series here!
Hannah Leigh Myers has hosted the news program the Morning Magazine on Friday's on KGNU Radio since 2014. She has also has produced news headlines, underwriting and hosted a variety of other shows like Connections, Metro, It's the Economy, and Dot Org since 2012.
KGNU Independent,Community Radio Boulder/Denver has been bringing local news to the Front Range since May of 1978. KGNU's mission is to skip the celebrity news, top 40 hits and ambulance chasing to provide listeners with information that matters. KGNU broadcasts the voices and messages of those marginalized by society and strives to foster a rich, informed community.
The Morning Magazine: Friday October 12th, 2018 - Click Here
The Morning Magazine: Friday, October 5th, 2018 - Click Here
The Morning Magazine: Friday October 19h, 2018 - Click Here
KGNU Independent,Community Radio Boulder/Denver has been bringing local news to the Front Range since May of 1978. KGNU's mission is to skip the celebrity news, top 40 hits and ambulance chasing to provide listeners with information that matters. KGNU broadcasts the voices and messages of those marginalized by society and strives to foster a rich, informed community.
The Morning Magazine: Friday October 12th, 2018 - Click Here
The Morning Magazine: Friday, October 5th, 2018 - Click Here
The Morning Magazine: Friday October 19h, 2018 - Click Here
Stories of the River is a new series on KGNU supported by T.E.G highlighting the Colorado River. Visit the website for photos and access to all the available episodes by clicking here.
Free Speech Radio News
GEO Group faces a class-action lawsuit in Colorado, where at least 60,000 immigrants accuse the for-profit detention company of forcing them to work for little or no pay under threat of solitary confinement. Click here for the FSRN story
The Trump administration is pushing for a $2.5 billion downsizing at the Environmental Protection Agency. Those proposed cuts put thousands of EPA projects and careers in limbo and are causing the public to push even harder on lawmakers to defend federal environmental protection. Click here for the FSRN story.
The Senate has confirmed Ryan Zinke as head of the Department of the Interior. During Zinke’s hearings, he said he plans to support efforts to use the Congressional Review Act to reverse a Bureau of Land Management rule cutting wasted methane at oil and gas sites. Click here for the FSRN story.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued two memos calling for the hiring thousands of new immigration and border patrol agents, renewed efforts to have state and local police take on immigration enforcement duties, and expanding a procedure known as expedited removal, laying the groundwork for what could be mass deportations. I spoke with a women fearing deportation and claiming sanctuary in Denver church. Click here for the FSRN story.
Last November, voters in Denver narrowly decided to allow public use of marijuana in private establishments with permits. Permit applications just became available and an information cafe in downtown Denver that’s ready to apply. Click here for the FSRN story.
In advance of Jeff Sessions confirmation hearings, more than 1,100 law professors from around the country have signed a letter to Congress expressing their rejection of the senator’s probable appointment to the post. Click here for the FSRN story.
This year’s election was the first in which voting age Millennials equaled their Baby Boomer counterparts. But the generational gap among white voters was striking, with most Millennials supporting Clinton and the majority of their parents’ age group casting ballots for Trump. The steep ideological divisions over this year’s election could make for interesting discussions at Thanksgiving tables nationwide. Click here for the FSRN story
Colorado voters decided to keep slavery language in the state constitution that currently makes it possible to force criminals to perform unpaid labor. Click here for the FSRN story
Colorado citizens are voting on another potentially historic ballot measure. Amendment 69 or the ColoradoCare initiative, would create the nation’s first state-run single payer health insurance system, a plan major players in the healthcare and insurance industry and donating millions to defeat. Click here for the FSRN story.
Colorado has joined a short list of cities that are opting to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day. The change comes after years of protest by Native American tribes and their allies who opposed the glorification of Christopher Columbus due to the harms he inflicted on native peoples and the process of colonization that followed his so-called ‘discovery’ of the Americas. Click here for the FSRN story.
Homeless individuals and advocates in Denver have filed a lawsuit against the city after a dramatic increase in homeless “sweeps” that the suit claims violate constitutional rights. Click here for the FSRN story.
Two non-profits are suing the Obama administration for illegally refusing to research and publish all the information on the health risks to citizens and the environment caused by more than 397 public land oil and gas leases in the western United States. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The American Lung Association's 2016 State of the Air report shows overall improvement in national air quality however some cities, like Denver, Colorado, received their worst ever failing grade for air pollution. In this report we hear from the ALA and students at only middle school in the country for kids with severe respiratory illness. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
A federation of environmental groups called Environment America has an idea about how to potentially double the nation’s solar output; put panels atop big-box stores. However, solar experts are saying state policies have the potential to greatly sway the economic arguments for solar resonating with businesses large and small. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
Mariposa is an eco-friendly, low-cost neighborhood in Denver, Colorado built with significant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Human Services. I toured the Mariposa District to find out why this sustainable, federally funded community is getting national attention for combining environmental infrastructure with economic improvement. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The federal government is reviewing a program that allows for the leasing of federal lands to coal companies. The Obama administration has announced a freeze on new applications for coal mining leases for the duration of the review period. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The Obama administration has announced a freeze on new applications for coal mining leases on federal lands for the duration of a federal review period on the program. Not surprisingly, responses to this announcement are mixed with some supporting the pause on new applications saying it fits with other newly established White House climate conscious policies and opponents saying this is another attack in the war on coal. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
U.S. lawmakers release a massive 2000 page omnibus spending bill late December of 2015. Many of the riders, or conditions, Republicans wanted included in the budget bill failed. One of those failed riders would have killed the Waters of the United States Rule, also known as WOTUS or the Clean Water Rule. WOTUS is designed to expand the 1972 Clean Water Act to include smaller bodies of water like streams, tributaries, marshes and wetlands. But the fight over WOTUS will likely re-emerge in the coming year. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
When the Senate passed the budget reconciliation bill in early December, Senate Democrats had introduced a number of amendments on gun safety, all of which failed. The bill that passed included a provision that takes aim at the recent target of a mass shooting: Planned Parenthood. That particular attack combined the issues of reproductive rights, gun control, debate over what qualifies as domestic terrorism and the power of political speech. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
Before the GOP Presidential debate on the University of Colorado campus, thousands of leaders and concerned citizens participated in nearly a dozen rallies and protests across Boulder, Colorado. One of the largest rallies was held by the Latino community to launch a new voter registration campaign demanding minority respect and action on the issue of immigration. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
Before the GOP Presidential debate on the University of Colorado campus, thousands of leaders and concerned citizens participated in nearly a dozen rallies and protests across Boulder, Colorado. One of the largest rallies was held by the Latino community to launch a new voter registration campaign demanding minority respect and action on the issue of immigration. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The Clean Power Plan sets new, individualized carbon emission goals for each U.S. state. Attorneys General and Republican officials across the country are pushing back on Clean Power Plan. Click here to listen.
A portion of the Animas River that runs through Durango, Colorado was closed in early August 2015 a waste water leak at the Gold King Mine above Silverton. At least a million gallons of acidic waste flowed into the river, forcing local officials to warn the public against even physical contact with the water. For a listen click here.
For a follow-up on the Animas River spill and the resulting lawsuits against the EPA click here.
Just before Colorado passed Amendment 64 to legalize recreational marijuana FSRN aired this feature that looks at the details of Amendment 64 and the possibility of it's passage starting a nationwide trend. For a listen click here.
In early October 2014 the school board of Jefferson County, Colorado approved a controversial measure to review the curriculum of Advanced Placement U.S. History courses after mass student walkouts in protest. For a listen click here.
On January 6th, 2015 a homemade explosive device detonated just outside of the NAACP office building in Colorado Springs. For listen click here.
Coloradoans are protesting a Denver grad School’s choice to give former President George W. Bush a “Global Service” award amid protest. For a listen click here.
On May 24th, 2012 the Colorado ACLU said domestic violence survivors in western Colorado were facing deportation proceedings. And the group said more cases will arise now that a new federal immigration program has taken effect in the state. For a listen click here.
GEO Group faces a class-action lawsuit in Colorado, where at least 60,000 immigrants accuse the for-profit detention company of forcing them to work for little or no pay under threat of solitary confinement. Click here for the FSRN story
The Trump administration is pushing for a $2.5 billion downsizing at the Environmental Protection Agency. Those proposed cuts put thousands of EPA projects and careers in limbo and are causing the public to push even harder on lawmakers to defend federal environmental protection. Click here for the FSRN story.
The Senate has confirmed Ryan Zinke as head of the Department of the Interior. During Zinke’s hearings, he said he plans to support efforts to use the Congressional Review Act to reverse a Bureau of Land Management rule cutting wasted methane at oil and gas sites. Click here for the FSRN story.
The Department of Homeland Security has issued two memos calling for the hiring thousands of new immigration and border patrol agents, renewed efforts to have state and local police take on immigration enforcement duties, and expanding a procedure known as expedited removal, laying the groundwork for what could be mass deportations. I spoke with a women fearing deportation and claiming sanctuary in Denver church. Click here for the FSRN story.
Last November, voters in Denver narrowly decided to allow public use of marijuana in private establishments with permits. Permit applications just became available and an information cafe in downtown Denver that’s ready to apply. Click here for the FSRN story.
In advance of Jeff Sessions confirmation hearings, more than 1,100 law professors from around the country have signed a letter to Congress expressing their rejection of the senator’s probable appointment to the post. Click here for the FSRN story.
This year’s election was the first in which voting age Millennials equaled their Baby Boomer counterparts. But the generational gap among white voters was striking, with most Millennials supporting Clinton and the majority of their parents’ age group casting ballots for Trump. The steep ideological divisions over this year’s election could make for interesting discussions at Thanksgiving tables nationwide. Click here for the FSRN story
Colorado voters decided to keep slavery language in the state constitution that currently makes it possible to force criminals to perform unpaid labor. Click here for the FSRN story
Colorado citizens are voting on another potentially historic ballot measure. Amendment 69 or the ColoradoCare initiative, would create the nation’s first state-run single payer health insurance system, a plan major players in the healthcare and insurance industry and donating millions to defeat. Click here for the FSRN story.
Colorado has joined a short list of cities that are opting to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day. The change comes after years of protest by Native American tribes and their allies who opposed the glorification of Christopher Columbus due to the harms he inflicted on native peoples and the process of colonization that followed his so-called ‘discovery’ of the Americas. Click here for the FSRN story.
Homeless individuals and advocates in Denver have filed a lawsuit against the city after a dramatic increase in homeless “sweeps” that the suit claims violate constitutional rights. Click here for the FSRN story.
Two non-profits are suing the Obama administration for illegally refusing to research and publish all the information on the health risks to citizens and the environment caused by more than 397 public land oil and gas leases in the western United States. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The American Lung Association's 2016 State of the Air report shows overall improvement in national air quality however some cities, like Denver, Colorado, received their worst ever failing grade for air pollution. In this report we hear from the ALA and students at only middle school in the country for kids with severe respiratory illness. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
A federation of environmental groups called Environment America has an idea about how to potentially double the nation’s solar output; put panels atop big-box stores. However, solar experts are saying state policies have the potential to greatly sway the economic arguments for solar resonating with businesses large and small. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
Mariposa is an eco-friendly, low-cost neighborhood in Denver, Colorado built with significant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Human Services. I toured the Mariposa District to find out why this sustainable, federally funded community is getting national attention for combining environmental infrastructure with economic improvement. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The federal government is reviewing a program that allows for the leasing of federal lands to coal companies. The Obama administration has announced a freeze on new applications for coal mining leases for the duration of the review period. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The Obama administration has announced a freeze on new applications for coal mining leases on federal lands for the duration of a federal review period on the program. Not surprisingly, responses to this announcement are mixed with some supporting the pause on new applications saying it fits with other newly established White House climate conscious policies and opponents saying this is another attack in the war on coal. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
U.S. lawmakers release a massive 2000 page omnibus spending bill late December of 2015. Many of the riders, or conditions, Republicans wanted included in the budget bill failed. One of those failed riders would have killed the Waters of the United States Rule, also known as WOTUS or the Clean Water Rule. WOTUS is designed to expand the 1972 Clean Water Act to include smaller bodies of water like streams, tributaries, marshes and wetlands. But the fight over WOTUS will likely re-emerge in the coming year. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
When the Senate passed the budget reconciliation bill in early December, Senate Democrats had introduced a number of amendments on gun safety, all of which failed. The bill that passed included a provision that takes aim at the recent target of a mass shooting: Planned Parenthood. That particular attack combined the issues of reproductive rights, gun control, debate over what qualifies as domestic terrorism and the power of political speech. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
Before the GOP Presidential debate on the University of Colorado campus, thousands of leaders and concerned citizens participated in nearly a dozen rallies and protests across Boulder, Colorado. One of the largest rallies was held by the Latino community to launch a new voter registration campaign demanding minority respect and action on the issue of immigration. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
Before the GOP Presidential debate on the University of Colorado campus, thousands of leaders and concerned citizens participated in nearly a dozen rallies and protests across Boulder, Colorado. One of the largest rallies was held by the Latino community to launch a new voter registration campaign demanding minority respect and action on the issue of immigration. Click here for the story produced for FSRN.
The Clean Power Plan sets new, individualized carbon emission goals for each U.S. state. Attorneys General and Republican officials across the country are pushing back on Clean Power Plan. Click here to listen.
A portion of the Animas River that runs through Durango, Colorado was closed in early August 2015 a waste water leak at the Gold King Mine above Silverton. At least a million gallons of acidic waste flowed into the river, forcing local officials to warn the public against even physical contact with the water. For a listen click here.
For a follow-up on the Animas River spill and the resulting lawsuits against the EPA click here.
Just before Colorado passed Amendment 64 to legalize recreational marijuana FSRN aired this feature that looks at the details of Amendment 64 and the possibility of it's passage starting a nationwide trend. For a listen click here.
In early October 2014 the school board of Jefferson County, Colorado approved a controversial measure to review the curriculum of Advanced Placement U.S. History courses after mass student walkouts in protest. For a listen click here.
On January 6th, 2015 a homemade explosive device detonated just outside of the NAACP office building in Colorado Springs. For listen click here.
Coloradoans are protesting a Denver grad School’s choice to give former President George W. Bush a “Global Service” award amid protest. For a listen click here.
On May 24th, 2012 the Colorado ACLU said domestic violence survivors in western Colorado were facing deportation proceedings. And the group said more cases will arise now that a new federal immigration program has taken effect in the state. For a listen click here.
Stories for Making Contact/The National Radio Project
Fossil fuels are a trillion dollar industry but environmentalists say they have a plan to pull the plug on oil and gas business: divestment. In this story, I follow the student group Fossil Free CU at the University of Colorado Boulder as they continue to fight the administration for change. For a listen, click here.
Fossil fuels are a trillion dollar industry but environmentalists say they have a plan to pull the plug on oil and gas business: divestment. In this story, I follow the student group Fossil Free CU at the University of Colorado Boulder as they continue to fight the administration for change. For a listen, click here.
Stories for Deutsche Welle(DW) - Living Planet
Thousands of university students from around the world battle it out at the 2018 U.S. Solar Decathlon - the task is to build a one-of-a kind energy-efficient home. But while the US Department of Energy is praising students and the state of Colorado for their advancement of green infrastructure, under US President Donald Trump, it's also promoting policies that could slow down America's renewable energy boom. Click here for the story.
A newly built eco-friendly housing community in Colorado is proving that green infrastructure can be cost-effective. The Mariposa district is a case study for affordable, low-energy living. For a listen click here.
Thousands of university students from around the world battle it out at the 2018 U.S. Solar Decathlon - the task is to build a one-of-a kind energy-efficient home. But while the US Department of Energy is praising students and the state of Colorado for their advancement of green infrastructure, under US President Donald Trump, it's also promoting policies that could slow down America's renewable energy boom. Click here for the story.
A newly built eco-friendly housing community in Colorado is proving that green infrastructure can be cost-effective. The Mariposa district is a case study for affordable, low-energy living. For a listen click here.
Screaming Females is an American punk rock band whose lead guitarist, Marissa Paternoster, was named the 77th greatest guitarist of all time by Spin magazine. Before their show at the Larimer Lounge in Denver on October 2nd, 2018, KGNU's Hannah Leigh Myers spoke with one of the band members about the band's name and they're thirteen years of almost continuous touring. Click here to listen to the interview.
"Marijuana in Colorado"
This independently produced, award-winning (Society of Professional Journalists) five-part series explores cannabis related health and monetary issues, youth access, the war on drugs and the details of Colorado’s Amendment 64.
Click here to listen.
This independently produced, award-winning (Society of Professional Journalists) five-part series explores cannabis related health and monetary issues, youth access, the war on drugs and the details of Colorado’s Amendment 64.
Click here to listen.
Did you know Colorado has nearly 30 native orchids and they are in season most of the summer? I met up with a local orchid expert to go on an orchid hunt and find some these exotic native plants. For a listen click here.
The handheld vaporizer market is exploding for a variety of reasons and until recently currently almost no laws existed to regulate them. This story looks at the wild west of handheld vaporizer market leading up to the imposition of FDA regulations. For a listen click here.
In April of 2014, after years of silence on the topic, the FDA outlined some regulations for handheld vaporizers and e-cigarettes. After the FDA's announcement, I invited Boulder County Health's Jennifer Kovarik to the KGNU studio for a live, follow-up conversation on handheld vapes and e-cigarettes. For a listen click here.
Ever found yourself holding a household item over your recycling wondering if it’s truly recyclable or not…and what happens if you throw it in there and you made the wrong choice? This story answers some of those questions. No matter where you live, if you have single stream recycling, these rules likely apply to you. For a listen click here.
Urban farming methods like aquaponics and hydroponics make agriculture an option in areas that are crowded and/or polluted. The Elyria-Swansea community, just north of downtown Denver, is classified as a food desert and the most polluted zip code in Colorado. The GrowHaus is using hydro-agriculture to provide healthy food for this area in need. For a listen click here.
Have you notice how common food allergies are these days? The trend is not just taking place in the US, but worldwide and doctors and researchers have some interesting answers to what they think's causing the increase in allergic reactions to food. For a listen click here.
Every year social norms drift a little further from most fundamental religious teachings and when many young people raised in strict religious communities strike out on their own they have to determine how they want to mix the religious lessons from their childhood with opposing opinions put forth by the rest of society. For a listen click here.
The term "LOCAL", when branded on products, means different things to different people. For some it's about reducing carbon food print and for others it's about supporting a local economy or business. Currently, regardless of the terms meaning, there is little doubt that putting "Local" on a product dramatically increases sales. This story explains why the tern local is so broad and the pros and cons of making "local" branding a bit of mystery for consumers. For a listen click here.
On Monday, April 8th, 2013 I was asked to moderate a live, half hour interview at KGNU Radio with guest Sanho Tree entitled Legal Pot: Hemp, Hemp, Hooray! Sanho Tree is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and director of its Drug Policy Project. Tree is also an internationally recognized advocate of social justice and human right in relation to the War on Drugs. For a listen click here.
A state sets up a cash for recyclables system by passing a container deposit law, commonly known as a bottle bill. In 2011 Colorado students, with the support of state legislators, proposed a 5 cent bottle bill but is it didn’t pass. In fact, it has been 9 years since a bottle bill has passed in the United States and it turns out the reasons for that are more complicated and controversial than you’d think. For a listen click here.
At least one drone drone flew over the 2014 4/20 Rally in Denver and the crowd's reaction was less than positive. The drone or drones stirred up some concerns and questions for Coloradoans. I looked into some of the legal and regulatory issues surrounding drone use at this point in time…to bring you this report. For a listen click here.
Modern times and needs have complicated how some Native American communities interact with the environment. Mining has supported American Indian communities for decades but the youth are starting to react to the cultural clash between environmental preservation and mining. I spoke with some members of the Navajo tribe and their advocates about how some American Indian tribes are responding to conservation efforts. For a listen click here.
Every year Eco-Flight, based in Aspen, Colorado, sends a select group of young adults on an adventure to educate them about conservation issues…from the air. Three small planes fly young people over multiple states, stopping many times along the way to speak with expert players in the field of environmental conservation. In 2013 I was selected to be part of the program and created this story to shed light on the Eco-Flight organization and their goals. For a listen click here.
*Hannah Leigh was selected to join the Eco-Flight program again in 2015. View the video project produced for Collectively from the 2015 trip by clicking the VIDEO/PHOTOS/PRINT tab*
*Hannah Leigh was selected to join the Eco-Flight program again in 2015. View the video project produced for Collectively from the 2015 trip by clicking the VIDEO/PHOTOS/PRINT tab*
The September 2013 flooding in Boulder left many concerned about the well being of local fish and stream habitats, however, fish biologists and experts aren't too worried. I spoke with fish scientists and enthusiasts who explain how they believe the fish will adapt to their dramatically changed habitat. For a listen, click here.
Every year more than a hundred Colorado middle school students take a serious Geography test…competing in the annual national geographic Bee in Denver. April 2014 was the 26th annual National Geographic Bee and it was one for the record books. Click here for here story.
Radon is called the silent killer and in Colorado residents are particularly at risk of radon caused illness. I helped test one KGNU volunteer's home and afterward spoke with two radon experts from Boulder County Health about the constant threat of radon contamination. For a listen click here.