Latest North Star plan includes ‘peak-use’ policy, commitment to conservation
Management of PitCo’s highest-priority open space commands significant resources
The plan lays out 39 indicators that are meant to guide Open Space and Trails in ensuring that management is on track to meet the desired conditions, with thresholds that raise a red flag if something is amiss.
Upper Basin states test methods to fill Powell pool
States say automatically turning to agriculture isn’t always reliable
Colorado still does not seem to have the policies in place to implement a large-scale, traditional conservation program in the near future.
RECENT WATER DESK NEWS
Aspen activist wants ‘rights of nature’ for the Roaring Fork River
Movement reimagines humans’ relationship to local waterways
Colorado River crisis fails to force deal from states
Dry conditions and federal deadlines not working like in the past
RECENT SOCIAL JUSTICE DESK NEWS
City could revoke permit after data shows ICE detainees held for more than 12 hours at Glenwood facility
Local officials investigating after residents raise concerns about ICE station at Midland Center
French book highlights Aspen’s efforts to elevate Albert Schweitzer legacy
Journalist, former mayor interviewed for publication as plans progress for second Albert Schweitzer Day
RECENT ENVIRONMENT DESK NEWS
Record high temperatures compound low-snowpack problems
75% of days from November to February were warmer than average
As e-bike use grows, so do accidents
PitCo Open Space, which manages Rio Grande Trail, reports record e-bike crashes in 2025.
RECENT ENVIRONMENT DESK STORIES
Aspen Highlands master plan includes gondola to Cloud Nine, summer operations
New proposals for the ‘maverick’ mountain build on ideas from the past
GarCo staff memo gives Harvest proposal a thumbs down
Applicant feels ‘pretty good’ about Wednesday discussion; alternatives to denial include continuing meeting, addressing list of nine points
FEATURED SERIES:
St. Benedict’s Monastery
‘Bless this house’: Community at St. Benedict’s Monastery bids farewell
With closure and final Mass on Jan. 11, a message of acceptance
St. Benedict’s Monastery sells for $120 million
Wall Street Journal reports buyer is Palantir CEO Alex Karp
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Real time snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin
SNOTEL sites in the Roaring Fork basin show that snowpack has never been this low at this point in the season, breaking the previous record low of 6.1 inches measured on Jan. 29, 1990.
Real-time local streamflow
Stream-gauge readings from the Roaring Fork and Colorado River basins updated in real time with an interactive mapping feature
THE BILLIONAIRES OF ASPEN
The Aspen 80
Property records analysis shows where the Forbes billionaires list and local owners overlap
There have never been more billionaires in the world—3,028, by Forbes’ count, crossing the 3,000 threshold for the first time in 2025. It stands to reason that there also have never been more billionaires in Aspen, their collective influence shaping the community’s social fabric.
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ASPEN & HIGHWAY 82 TRAFFIC | RECENT DATA desk STORIES >>
Transportation coalition seeks consensus on high-occupancy toll, congestion-pricing recommendations
Would you pay $17 to drive in what’s now the bus-only lane at the entrance to Aspen?
RFTA to study how Rio Grande Trail’s railroad corridor can be used for mass transit
Scheduled for 2028, the plan will explore how the historic alignment can accommodate bikes, pedestrians and mass transit, including rail.
Carrots won’t cut upper-valley congestion without sticks
Traffic experts call for disincentives, such as congestion pricing and restricting parking, to get cars off the road.
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Public Lands series by Paul ANdersen >>
Common ground: Protecting our public lands
A legacy of native expulsion gives way to a project to assert federal protections and adapt to changing values
Becoming the White River National Forest
Cherished public lands forged in a progression of exploration, exploitation and preservation
A crisis of the commons
The fraught legacy and magnetic promise underpinning public lands in the United States
NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL
Un bufete de abogados envía una carta de cese y desistimiento al sheriff del condado de Garfield por una supuesta aplicación ilegal de la ley de inmigración
Afirma que la agencia está colaborando con las autoridades federales en violación de la ley estatal
El director de las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield anuncia su jubilación y anima a la comunidad a proteger la “libertad de lectura”
LaRue se enfrentó a los intentos de restringir o retirar determinados libros
Las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield no han retirado libros, pero un nuevo liderazgo podría cambiar esto
Los nuevos administradores, que se están adaptando a sus funciones, se enfrentan al panorama jurídico y a puntos de vista contradictorios
Un antiguo motel en Parachute se está convirtiendo enapartamentos para trabajadores debido al aumento del coste de la vivienda
Proyecto para atender a la creciente “clase media desaparecida”, ya que las ciudades del valle del río Colorado se enfrentan a nuevos retos laborales
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