Soil-moisture data points to moderate levels
Looking across the Roaring Fork Basin, soil moisture on Nov. 2, 2022, measured 70% of average for the higher elevations sites and 100% of average at lower elevations. That is wetter than in November 2020, when soil moisture was mostly between 50% and 70% of average.
Data dashboard: Streams flowing well above average
• The USGS sensor below Maroon Creek recorded the Fork running at 1,160 cfs on May 29, or 186.2% of average. That’s up from 816 cfs on May 21. • The monitoring station at Independence Pass has been recording a snow-water equivalent of zero inches since May 28. • Lake Powell’s elevation on May 29 was 33 feet above the target elevation of 3,525.
The Runoff | Rising rivers, resolutions and questions
It’s spring in the Rockies and that means rivers are cranking. Three water-related bills passed into law this session. Town of Meeker trustees grill new dam proponents.
The Roundup | Addressing amenity loads is key to climate goals
Recently at Aspen Journalism, we brought you a story (“The outsized impact of REMP residences,” May 27) born of Data Editor Laurine Lassalle’s curiosity about what could be learned by examining permit data for homes subject to the city of Aspen and Pitkin County’s Renewable Energy Mitigation Program, or REMP. For more than two decades, REMP has been…
Aspen Journalism earns six Society of Professional Journalists’ Top of the Rockies awards
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Water saved through upper-basin program unlikely to move needle in Powell
Stream restoration bill watered down
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ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY DATA SERIES
APCHA’s RO category supports a growing number of million-dollar homes
The concept of RO — housing locals who don’t otherwise fit into the numbered categories and accommodating properties that also couldn’t easily be categorized — is an important one in one of the country’s most robust affordable-housing programs. But, is it working?
Inventory shows who lives in APCHA deed-restricted ownership housing
The APCHA ownership inventory can be viewed in two market segments. One, with fewer restrictions on owner qualifications and valuations, is managed under the “resident occupied” (RO) category. The second, larger segment, with price caps determined via a set of categories based on buyers’ income and assets, saw median pricing in 2021 that was less than half of the median RO sale price.
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EVENT: High Country film screening and panel discussion
Aspen Journalism is partnering with filmmaker, community coalition to present free film screening event on March 11 at Paepcke Auditorium in Aspen at 5:30 p.m.
Going to extremes to get the story
“I’m attracted to people living in ways my friends don’t know about or understand,” Conover said. “Aspen is a bit of an exception to that rule, but it is an extremity, so I was attracted to Aspen for the same reason.”
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Six Top of the Rockies awards and a new window into short-term rentals
Putting together our announcement post, linked below, was a great trip down memory lane, revisiting the stories and reflecting on all that went into each of them. See which of AJ’s stories from last year the judges from SPJ chapters in Chicago and Ohio chose as among the best journalism in a four-state region.
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