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Alexis Taylor’s Sundrop Flora blooms in its second season, providing beautiful and sustainable flowers to the Gunnison community

Alexis Taylor’s Sundrop Flora blooms in its second season, providing beautiful and sustainable flowers to the Gunnison community

by Brian Wagenaar | Mar 12, 2023 | Spotlight

Photos courtesy of Alexis Taylor Alexis Taylor with her hard-earned flowers. Photo: Julia Sams. “[For] us living in this dreadfully capitalistic environment right now, with major corporations running everything — I think a lot of times people throw all business into...
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk: Ute Mountain Ute community leader, environment advocate, and Western MEM student — voices a Native perspective on Colorado’s wolf reintroduction

Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk: Ute Mountain Ute community leader, environment advocate, and Western MEM student — voices a Native perspective on Colorado’s wolf reintroduction

by Brian Wagenaar | Mar 6, 2023 | Spotlight

Lopez-Whiteskunk discusses the cultural and ecological importance of wolves, the need to seek out and include Indigenous perspectives, and the reasons some tribes are split on wolf reintroduction. Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk. Photo: Tim Peterson, Jr. “I think we as human...
Peach Fuzz — An artful zine granting space for stories of sexual assault, pleasure, and intimacy, is open for submissions until March 15

Peach Fuzz — An artful zine granting space for stories of sexual assault, pleasure, and intimacy, is open for submissions until March 15

by Brian Wagenaar | Feb 24, 2023 | Features

Content submissions can be made online (preferred) or via email at submit2peachfuzz@gmail.com  The zine’s first volume can be viewed for free online (via the website link above). Readers can also buy a physical copy, which can be picked up in Portland or shipped...
Western’s Admission Department adapts to a shifting higher education landscape in a post-pandemic world

Western’s Admission Department adapts to a shifting higher education landscape in a post-pandemic world

by Brian Wagenaar | Feb 23, 2023 | Features

As the higher education impacts of Covid-19 linger, Western leans into holistic, test-optional admissions, boasts improved retention rates, and continues selling a vision of a cozy, experiential learning environment to prospective students. Applications to join...
Wildlife biologist Gary Skiba on why wolves belong in Colorado, how they can impact ecosystems, and learning to live with the apex predators

Wildlife biologist Gary Skiba on why wolves belong in Colorado, how they can impact ecosystems, and learning to live with the apex predators

by Brian Wagenaar | Feb 19, 2023 | Features

Coloradans can leave public comments for the draft plan on CPW’s website up through Feb. 22.  This article is part of an ongoing series about wolves. Previous articles about Gunnison’s public public wolf meeting back in January, as well as a piece from...
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