A grasshopper standing on an insect-damaged leaf on a lilac bush in Lafayette, Colorado on Aug. 29, 2024. (Dana Coffield, The Colorado Sun) The Sunriser logo Good morning and happy Tuesday, Colorado.
If you can believe it, we’re already three days into September and fall is right around the corner. So before the aspens start turning gold, let’s dig into the news for the day, shall we?
Olivia Prentzel
Reporter
P.S. — A quick reminder that tomorrow, Sept. 4, environment reporter Michael Booth will host an online discussion to hear what experts have to say on the awful ozone year Colorado is experiencing and what might change. Click here to RSVP for the live chat and broadcast . THE NEWS
AGRICULTURE
Colorado is having one of its worst grasshopper infestations in recent history. Here’s what people are doing about it.
Two grasshoppers navigate through insect-damaged leaves of a lilac bush. (Dana Coffield, The Colorado Sun) “I gamble every day. You gamble with the weather. You gamble with the bugs. So I don’t much like to go to Cripple Creek.”
— alfalfa farmer in Otero CountyScientists say grasshoppers are having a banner year in Colorado because the conditions for hatching eggs and growing big insects were ideal. And this year’s infestation is so bad, farmers can’t rely on only natural remedies, like birds. Jennifer Brown has more on what farmers, ranchers and gardeners can do. READ MORE HEALTH Colorado’s “first psychedelic church” for magic mushrooms opens in Colorado Springs Benji “Dez” Dezaval, director of The Community of PACK Life, distributes gifts of psychedelics to attendees of “Colorado’s Psychedelic Church” on June 19 in Colorado Springs. Attendees are allowed one “communal gift” per week: A choice of up to 2 grams of a psilocybin mushroom blend, a set of seven psilocybin microdoses, or a 10 mg dose of DMT. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) “Everything is provided for free as an act of wellness.”— Benji Dezaval, lead guide at Colorado’s first psychedelic church in Colorado SpringsWhat started with a psychedelic trip in January — when Benji […]
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