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Presenters offered widely different perspectives about artificial intelligence, or AI, at two recent regional presentations.

The Montelores Coalition’s first Strike Team projects will support cleanup at Hawkins Preserve, Mancos River restoration and derelict fence removal near Rico.

Researchers in western Colorado are studying tree rings along the Crystal River to understand its natural flow — and build a case for keeping it wild and free.

With slashed property taxes, weed and pest managers seek stability for programs like trained dogs.

The Gunnison Gorge Anglers are working to restore local rivers, improve habitats, remove invasive species, and advocate for stronger protections. Their efforts are key to river conservation in Colorado.

Arizona’s unique water challenges are further complicated by a proposed EPA rule that could strip protections from the state's ephemeral streams, threatening water quality and wildlife habitat.

Arguments continue to rage over whether President Biden should designate a national monument on lands along the Dolores River.

Agriculture in Indian Country generated almost $6.5 billion in 2022, avian influenza has led to infections and depopulation of more than 115 million chickens and turkeys, the collapse of the Baltimore Key Bridge and shut down the Port of Baltimore impacts farm machinery and agricultural exports, low water levels in the Mississippi River continue to affect agricultural transport, and U.S. farm income is falling as low commodity prices, trade headwinds, and higher costs squeeze profits.

Farmers, landowners and local government agencies will come together on Wednesday in Towaoc for the latest listening session on a plan to protect and manage the Mancos River. The group behind the plan is made up of municipalities and organizations that lie along the river, like Mesa Verde National Park, the Mancos Conservation District and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, that have voluntarily joined together to coordinate on management. The listening session is intended for tribal members and ag producers who rely on the river to give feedback on a new watershed stream management plan. It’ll serve as a guide for communities to better use and conserve water resources, and could include voluntary or compensated changes to irrigation rules during drier years. More outreach sessions will take place starting this spring and summer for feedback on the first draft. And the Bureau of Land Management says it plans to remove roughly 91 wild burros from rangelands near Canyonlands National Park.

Low Mississippi River and Panama Canal levels continue to impact grain shipments, food-at-home prices are up almost 2.5% compared with last October, and Congress continues to delay a new Farm Bill.