Caroline Llanes, Rocky Mountain Community Radio
Caroline Llanes is the rural climate reporter for Rocky Mountain Community Radio. She was previously a general assignment reporter for Aspen Public Radio.
Trees keep a record of Colorado’s Crystal River. Researchers say that story could help...
Tree rings can tell a story. Wide bands signal a wet period, while narrow ones show a drought. Whole ecosystems can be encoded in trees. In Western Colorado, scientists are examining trees to find...
Zebra mussels threaten infrastructure and native ecosystems. Colorado is ramping up efforts to detect...
On a bluebird day at West and East Lake in Grand Junction, Maddie Baker throws a plankton tow net into the water, and drags it back to her.
“This is made of a 64 micrometer...