April 22, 2025: AmeriCorps member on cuts, bird migration coming, cannabis chemistry

A new target of federal budget cuts is AmeriCorps, the community service organization. A Colorado corps member says his disaster recovery work was immediately stopped. Then, you’ll start to notice more birds migrating in these next couple weeks. Millions of their lives can be saved with a click of a switch. Plus, 420 was this past weekend. In Colorado Wonders, a listener asks what’s in the types of cannabis that a fifth of Coloradans use. 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. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org. Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: CPR’s Caitlyn Kim reports on the impact of cuts to AmeriCorps . CPR’s Arlo Pérez Esquivel answers a Colorado Wonders question about the chemistry of cannabis. Do you have a question about Colorado? Ask it through Colorado Wonders .