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March 6, 2025: Immigrant impact, conservation success threatened, sandhill cranes migrate, UFO show

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A black-footed ferret stares into the camera
Courtesy Tina Jackson
In the early 1800s, the ferrets occupied burrows across the West, but their populations plummeted due to plague, habitat loss and systematic efforts to eradicate prairie dogs.

Denver’s mayor faces accusations he broke federal law in sheltering immigrants. Then, a decades-long western conservation success story faces a new threat: federal layoffs. And we’ll explain what bird flu means for the annual sandhill migration through Colorado. We’ll also tip you off to an art show featuring pieces inspired by visitors from out of this world.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Jo Erickson and Mateo Schimpf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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