Rivers Regional Program News Today

By GAIL SCHWARTZ and ABBY BURK

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 8:00am Mountain

Aspen Journalism Wildlife biologist Bill Vetter and Western Rivers Regional Program Manager with AudubonRockies Abby Burk look and listen for birds in the early morning hours in an irrigated pasture in Grand County. They are heading up a bird monitoring program that aims to learn how birds use irrigated agriculture. Photo by Heather Sackett / Aspen Journalism KREMMLING — In the gray light of dawn, hundreds of swallows darted over a pool of standing water in an irrigated field along the Colora...

Aspen Journalism Wildlife biologist Bill Vetter and Western Rivers Regional Program Manager with Audubon Rockies Abby Burk look and listen for birds in the early morning hours in an irrigated pasture in Grand County. They are heading up a bird monitoring program that aims to learn how birds use irrigated agriculture. Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism KREMMLING — In the gray light of dawn, hundreds of swallows darted over a pool of standing water in an irrigated field along the Colorado River. ...

Aspen Journalism Wildlife biologist Bill Vetter and Western Rivers Regional Program Manager with AudubonRockies Abby Burk look and listen for birds in the early morning hours in an irrigated pasture in Grand County. They are heading up a bird monitoring program that aims to learn how birds use irrigated agriculture. (Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism) KREMMLING — In the gray light of dawn, hundreds of swallows darted over a pool of standing water in an irrigated field along the Colorado River....