Blog Stew on the River

¶ Legal challenges to zee artiste Christo's "Over the River" continue.



¶ Do vultures take baths? Chris Weems has the video. Also owls.



¶ Colorado's first legal industrial hemp crop is harvested.

Loflin used social media to line up about 45 volunteers to hand-harvest his crop on Saturday and Sunday

Probably not a long-term harvesting model, however. Don't the Canadians have a combine head for hemp?