Good morning, Colorado. I’m coming to you from slightly chilly Boulder, where I’ve just recently moved from Denver.
Moving is always stressful, and I surely don’t have to tell most of you how out of control rent prices are in this and many other parts of the state, driven largely by a major shortage of homes. Can Colorado solve this housing shortage? That’s one of the many issues we’ll discuss next Friday at SunFest.
Join us at the University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies on Sept. 27 for a day of panels and conversations with one unifying theme: What makes a better Colorado? In addition to the panel on the housing shortage, we’ll talk about psychedelics, libraries, the election, gardening. … OK, there’s a lot more. Just check out this page for all the individual events going on through the day. Surely there’s something to speak to your particular interests.
Here’s today’s news from The Sun.
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THE NEWS
WILDLIFE
Wild horse helicopter roundup in western Colorado ends with 140 horses captured, three mustang deaths
A weeklong effort to round up wild mustangs in western Colorado ended Wednesday. Overall, about 140 horses were captured and three died, including a 24-year-old mare that was euthanized after breaking her leg near Palisade. Two others were euthanized because of pre-existing conditions. Jennifer Brown has more details.
New litters of elusive, highly endangered black-footed ferrets produced in southeastern Colorado
In happier animal news, state wildlife officials are reporting at least two wild-born litters of black-footed ferrets, after previously releasing them into the prairie ground of southeastern Colorado. Michael Booth updates us on efforts to revive the species once thought to be extinct.
WILDFIRE
Crews battle gusty winds to carve out progress on Pearl fire in northern Colorado
Progress was made Wednesday containing the human-caused Pearl fire, which sparked Monday on private property in northern Larimer County. The fire was burning 128 acres and was at 5% containment. Olivia Prentzel has updates.
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COLORADO REPORT
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What’s Happening
Sept. 19-25
Crested Butte Film Festival. Michael Brody was a film student at the University of Colorado in the 1980s when a friend invited him to tag along to the Telluride Film Festival. He still gets bright-eyed thinking about it. “You’re in Telluride, and the greats of modern cinema are just like, there in the coffee shop, on the sidewalk,” he said. Brody returned year after year to Telluride Film — “I’m a habitual creature,” he said —and kept the idea to start his own film festival nestled in the back of his mind.
A few decades later, Brody got his chance. In September 2011 he launched the Crested Butte Film Festival, screening films across five venues — four in Crested Butte and one in Gunnison —and selling 1,700 tickets to the town of 1,500 people. “That first year was a little crazy,” Brody admitted.
In the 13 years since, Brody and festival organizers have distilled the festival into a tight, two-venue experience, showing 80 curated films over five days. The community of Crested Butte also plays a leading role in the festival, with events like the townie bike parade and the youth film program, a set of short films hand-selected by a local youth screening committee. And the whole thing is scheduled to coincide with peak fall foliage.
$300 full festival pass; Sept. 18-22; Majestic Theater and the Center for the Arts, Crested Butte
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