2022 stories, newsletters, and water meetings produced and attended by Aspen Journalism

Data dashboard: New record high December occupancies for Aspen and Snowmass
By Laurine Lassalle, Jan. 18

Data dashboard: Lake Powell approaches critical water level
By Laurine Lassalle, Jan. 25

Data dashboard: Local school enrollment up slightly from last year but remains down from 2019
By Laurine Lassalle, Feb. 1

Data Dashboard: Snowpack at Independence Pass down to 90% of average
By Laurine Lassalle, Feb. 9

Data Dashboard: Lake Powell is only four feet away from critical water level
By Laurine Lassalle, Feb. 15

Data dashboard: Aspen records 70% occupancy in January
By Laurine Lassalle, Feb. 22

Data dashboard: Last week’s snowstorm increases snowpack
By Laurine Lassalle, Mar. 1

Data dashboard: Lake Powell is about to drop below target elevation
By Laurine Lassalle, Mar. 8

Data dashboard: Lake Powell elevation inches closer to threshold
By Laurine Lassalle, Mar. 17

Data dashboard: Aspen records its highest February occupancy
By Laurine Lassalle, Mar. 22

Data dashboard: Lake Powell’s water level keeps plummeting
By Laurine Lassalle, Mar. 29

Data dashboard: Spring temperatures boost Crystal and Colorado rivers’ streamflows
By Laurine Lassalle, Apr. 6

Data dashboard: Local streamflow keeps increasing with warmer temperatures
By Laurine Lassalle, Apr. 12

Data dashboard: March occupancy in Aspen nears pre-pandemic levels
By Laurine Lassalle, Apr. 19

Data dashboard: Warmer temperatures increased local streamflow
By Laurine Lassalle, Apr. 26

Data dashboard: Lake Powell water storage back on the upswing
By Laurine Lassalle, May 4

Data dashboard: Local streamflows on the rise as snowpack shrinks
By Laurine Lassalle, May 10

Data dashboard: Temperatures on the rise, local streamflow above average
By Laurine Lassalle, May 17

Data dashboard: Did the rivers already peak? It’s possible but ‘it depends’
By Laurine Lassalle, May 24

Data dashboard: Glenwood soil moisture improves over 2021
By Laurine Lassalle, Jun. 2

Data dashboard: Roaring Fork Basin snowpack making its last stand
By Laurine Lassalle, Jun. 7

Data dashboard: Streamflows exceed May peak in many local reaches
By Laurine Lassalle, Jun. 14

Data dashboard: Aspen sees above-normal high temperatures all but one day so far in June
By Laurine Lassalle, Jun. 21

Data dashboard: Local streamflow down as low as 50-60% of average
By Laurine Lassalle, Jun. 28

Data dashboard: Local streamflow on the decline
By Laurine Lassalle, Jul. 12

Data dashboard: June sees above-average precipitation at Aspen airport
By Laurine Lassalle, Jul. 19

Data dashboard: An important caveat for summer’s occupancy rate
By Laurine Lassalle, Jul. 27

Data Dashboard: Streamflow percentages get a boost
By Laurine Lassalle, Aug. 3

Data dashboard: Last week’s rainfall doubled the Crystal’s streamflow
By Laurine Lassalle, Aug. 11

Data dashboard: Roaring Fork is running at 80% of average
By Laurine Lassalle, Aug. 16

Data dashboard: Fork flows above average at Emma, below minimums at Aspen
By Laurine Lassalle, Aug. 25

Data dashboard: August is the rainiest month of the year so far
By Laurine Lassalle, Aug. 31

Data dashboard: Smoke from out-of-state wildfires impacts local air quality
By Laurine Lassalle, Sep. 14

Data dashboard: Local streams are flowing closer to normal
By Laurine Lassalle, Sep.22

Data dashboard: Total summer occupancy at Aspen and Snowmass lodges is down from 2021
By Laurine Lassalle, Sep. 27

Data dashboard: River levels rose this weekend after recent rainfall
By Laurine Lassalle, Oct. 4

Data dashboard: Lake Powell’s elevation has gained one foot
By Laurine Lassalle, Oct. 11

Data dashboard: Aspen’s September precipitation was below average
By Laurine Lassalle, Oct. 18

Data dashboard: Construction skews car count data, but July numbers were down
By Laurine Lassalle, Oct. 26

Data dashboard: September occupancy in Aspen and Snowmass hotels is down from 2021
By Laurine Lassalle, Nov. 3

Data dashboard: Snowpack is back and above average in the Roaring Fork basin
By Laurine Lassalle, Nov. 9

Data dashboard: Early snowpack remains above average
By Laurine Lassalle, Nov. 16

Data dashboard: Summer occupancy was down from last year
By Laurine Lassalle, Nov. 23

Data dashboard: Basin snowpack is 106% of average as temperatures chill
By Laurine Lassalle, Nov. 29

Data dashboard: Roaring Fork Basin snowpack up 38% since last week
By Laurine Lassalle, Dec. 6

Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack remains above average
By Laurine Lassalle, Dec. 15

Data dashboard: December occupancy pacing behind last year
By Laurine Lassalle, Dec. 21

Data dashboard: Lake Powell about to reach critical level
By Laurine Lassalle, Dec. 27

Newsletters Published

The Runoff

Welcome to The Runoff
By Heather Sackett, February 9

The Runoff | A huge expanse of irrigated land
By Heather Sackett, March 15

The Runoff | Anti-speculation efforts frustrated
By Heather Sackett, April 26

The Runoff | River District in D.C., streamflows stressed and a possible double peak
By Heather Sackett, June 8

The Runoff | In dog days of summer, streamflows diminish but demands don’t
By Heather Sackett, August 3

The Runoff | Where the grant money flows
By Heather Sackett, September 30

The Runoff | From panic to acceptance
By Heather Sackett, December 28

The Roundup

The Roundup | On the good foot to start a new year
By Curtis Wackerle, January 5

The Roundup | On the good foot to start a new year
By Curtis Wackerle, January 18

The Roundup | Watching the snowpack like a hawk
By Curtis Wackerle, January 25

The Roundup | Water savings plan focuses on individual efforts
By Curtis Wackerle, February 1

The Roundup | New face at the CWCB, ditch inventory transparency quest
By Curtis Wackerle, February 15

The Roundup | Recreation’s new water strategy
By Curtis Wackerle, February 23

The Roundup | Abandonment’s central role in water management
By Curtis Wackerle, March 1

The Roundup | Undermining the central bargain of recent traffic planning
By Curtis Wackerle, March 8

The Roundup | ‘The economic framework is labor intensive’
By Curtis Wackerle, March 22

The Roundup | Ruedi water managers awaiting ‘April hole’
By Heather Sackett, March 29

The Roundup | Recreation and an uneven playing field
By Curtis Wackerle, April 6

The Roundup | Aspen Journalism wins nine awards from the Society of Professional Journalists
By Curtis Wackerle, April 12

The Roundup | Composting for landfill sustainability
By Curtis Wackerle, April 19

The Roundup | Slow moving over rocky terrain
By Curtis Wackerle, May 4

The Roundup | How stream management mandates are playing out
By Curtis Wackerle, May 10

The Roundup | Laying the groundwork
By Curtis Wackerle, May 18

The Roundup | The ups and downs of river flows
By Curtis Wackerle, May 24

The Roundup | Pipe the ditch, save the water
By Curtis Wackerle, June 1

The Roundup | Add invasive fish to problems associated with Lake Powell
By Curtis Wackerle, June 15

The Roundup | A moment of reckoning for water in the West
By Curtis Wackerle, June 21

The Roundup | Environmental groups try to stop that train
By Curtis Wackerle, July 6

The Roundup | Data mining reveals a drop in the bucket
By Curtis Wackerle, July 13

The Roundup | Opinions differ on timeline as Crystal River Wild & Scenic efforts move ahead
By Curtis Wackerle, July 19

The Roundup | Now is the time to understand more so we may fear less
By Curtis Wackerle, July 28

The Roundup | Grizzly Reservoir to be drained next summer, Basalt wave adjustments this fall
By Curtis Wackerle, August 16

The Roundup | COVID-19 wastewater tracking is a new, interesting and enigmatic tool
By Curtis Wackerle, August 25

The Roundup | Voluntary proposals and the writing on the wall
By Curtis Wackerle, September 2

The Roundup | Maybell project aims to benefit irrigators, boaters and fish
By Curtis Wackerle, September 15

The Roundup | Extra public outreach to address new dam project
By Curtis Wackerle, September 22

The Roundup | Analyzing our collective history, a reminder we’ve been through something bigger
By Curtis Wackerle, September 27

The Roundup | Crystal River streambank stabilization scope noncompliant
By Curtis Wackerle, October 5

The Roundup | Beavers are having a moment, but will they wind up in water court?
By Curtis Wackerle, October 12

The Roundup | Recreation groups ask for inclusion in Water Plan
By Curtis Wackerle, October 18

The Roundup | The importance of out-of-district fundraising in CD-3
By Curtis Wackerle, October 28

The Roundup | Reporting spans the Colorado River basin
By Curtis Wackerle, November 16

The Roundup | Multiple angles on future growth
By Curtis Wackerle, December 1

The Roundup | ‘Intervention model’ in practice, Crystal clear water shortages, Maroon Bells bike trips
By Curtis Wackerle, December 8

The Roundup | Newsroom staying warm with heavy helping from the environment, water and data desks
By Curtis Wackerle, December 22

Water Meetings Attended

Jan. 12: Yampa Roundtable

Jan. 18-19: River District

Jan. 20: Pitkin County Healthy Rivers

Jan. 24-25: CWCB

Jan. 26-28: Water Congress

Jan. 31: Colorado Basin Roundtable

Feb. 17: Pitkin County Healthy Rivers

March 9: Arkansas Roundtable, Yampa Roundtable

March 16-17: CWCB

March 17: University of Utah Tribes and Water Conference

March 21: Gunnison Roundtable

March 23: Colorado Basin Roundtable

April 19-20: River District

April 21: Water speculation hearing, Senate Ag & Natural Resources Committee

April 25: Colorado Basin Roundtable

May 3: River District state of the river, Garfield County

May 5: North Fork Gunnison tour*

May 11: Yampa Roundtable

May 17-19: CWCB

May 19: CWCB water availability task force

May 19: Pitkin County Healthy Rivers

May 20: CROS call

May 23: Colorado Basin Roundtable

May 24: Pitkin County BOCC work session

June 16-17: Getches Wilkinson Center conference, CU Boulder

June 22: HUP call

July 13: Yampa Roundtable

July 18: Gunnison Roundtable

July 19-20: River District

July 20-21: CWCB

July 25: Colorado Basin Roundtable

July 27: HUP call

July 29: Twin Lakes Diversion tour*

Aug. 3: HUP call

Aug. 10: HUP call

Aug. 23-25: Water Congress

Sept. 1: Town of Marble

Sept. 13: Town of Carbondale

Sept. 14: Yampa Roundtable

Sept. 15: BLM, Wolf Creek proposal

Sept. 15: Pitkin County Healthy Rivers

Sept. 16: River District seminar

Sept. 19: Gunnison Roundtable

Sept. 20-21 CWCB

Sept. 26: Colorado Basin Roundtable

Oct. 6: Town of Marble

Oct. 18-19: River District

Nov. 1-4: Lower Basin tour*

Nov. 11: Ruedi Water and Power Authority

Nov. 16-17: CWCB

Nov. 21: Gunnison Basin Roundtable

Nov. 28: Colorado Basin Roundtable

Dec. 14-16: CRWUA Conference

Dec. 14: UCRC

*North Fork Gunnison tour, Twin Lakes diversion tour and Lower Basin tour were not public water meetings.

Stories Produced

Water Desk

Environment Desk

Social Justice Desk

History Desk

Local Public Data Desk

COVID-19 Desk

Data Dashboard

Newsletters Published

The Runoff

The Roundup

Water Meetings Attended