Gunnison County commissioners expressed concern that an immediate, partial ban would be counterproductive but called for partner agencies to ‘lean in’ to long-term solutions.
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Colorado is examining water speculation, and finding it’s ‘all the problems’ in one
This system, used widely in the western United States, creates an opening for investors who see water as an increasingly valuable commodity in a water-short future, driven by climate change.
Posted inOn Aspen Journalism
Aspen Journalism honored with 11 awards in 2021 Society of Professional Journalists contest
Aspen Journalism won 11 awards in 10 categories, including first place honors for best beat reporting and best extended coverage, in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2021 Top of the Rockies contest. Competing in the small newsroom category with entrants from Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah, and judged by journalists from SPJ’s Oregon and […]
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Tracking the Curve
Last week, 36% of the COVID-19 cases in Pitkin County were confirmed or suspected COVID-19 variants.
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A dam in Grand County is showing an increasing risk of failure, prompting a new engineering study
It’s still unclear whether or when the dam will need to be rehabilitated; that’s what adding more monitoring instruments may help the district figure out.
Posted inEnvironment
New dust-on-snow monitoring technology coming to Steamboat lab, expanding a growing snowpack data network
The Storm Peak Lab station will be the latest added to a growing network of dust-on-snow monitoring towers across Colorado and Utah. Such stations offer key insights to researchers studying how dust impacts the timing and intensity of snowpack melt.
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Enforcement, education campaign to debut on Lead King Loop this summer near Marble
An academic study found broad-based concern among residents about “degraded quality of life” related to the increasing number of visitors.
Posted inWater
Homestake Reservoir release proves tricky to track
The reservoir release also could have implications for a potential demand-management program, the feasibility of which the state is currently investigating.
Posted inWater
Roaring Fork on its way to 100 more acre-feet of flows
Pitkin County’s goal was to get more water into the habitually stressed reach of the Roaring Fork that flows through Aspen during the summer and fall.
Posted inSocial justice
Pandemic exposes valley’s digital divide
Technological inequities have long been present in rural places, but the COVID-19 shutdowns illuminated just how deeply entrenched the problem was.