Sam Brasch

Colorado monsoons are a mixed blessing: Floods and wildfire relief

Sam Brasch

Multiple large wildfires continue burning in Colorado. Big, seasonal "monsoon" rains are helping, but it's been so dry for so long that they're having less impact than in previous years.
Colorado wildfires leave vast trail of destruction

Sam Brasch, Steve Inskeep

Fast-growing Colorado wildfires have destroyed hundreds of structures and forced evacuations of entire towns.
Researchers say snow levels are at a record low in the Rocky Mountains

Sam Brasch

Surveyors say they've never seen so little snow at their annual spring measurements in the Rocky Mountains.
Denver bison herd helps Indigenous residents connect with their heritage

Sam Brasch

Since 1914, Denver, Colorado, has maintained a small bison herd in a park outside the city. In recent years, an Indigenous group has slaughtered one annually to feed urban Native people.