La ciudad de Glenwood Springs está llevando a cabo su propia investigación y análisis de los datos de ICE tras recibir quejas de los residentes locales sobre una serie de preocupaciones relacionadas con las instalaciones de detención de la agencia en el Midland Center, entre ellas que algunas personas permanecieron detenidas allí el año pasado durante un tiempo superior al máximo permitido por la propia política de ICE y el permiso de uso especial de la ciudad.
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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.
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Denver Water, Xcel enact plan to ease shortages
As part of the agreement, Denver Water will make available to entities on the Western Slope 10% of the water it is able to divert as a result of the call reduction.
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Latest North Star plan includes ‘peak-use’ policy, commitment to conservation
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.
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Real-time local streamflow
Upstream rivers running above normal Local streams are flowing at 77-242% of normal in the Roaring Fork watershed as of March 24, while the Colorado River is running at 73% of average at Dotsero and 64% near the Colorado-Utah stateline. At Stillwater, located upstream of Aspen, the Roaring Fork River ran at 39.5 cfs on […]
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Upper Basin states test methods to fill Powell pool
Colorado still does not seem to have the policies in place to implement a large-scale, traditional conservation program in the near future.
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City could revoke permit after data shows ICE detainees held for more than 12 hours at Glenwood facility
ICE holding facilities are typically used to process and detain people before they are transferred to a larger detention center or released. They often consist of small concrete rooms with no beds and are not designed for overnight use.
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Aspen Highlands master plan includes gondola to Cloud Nine, summer operations
Highlands’ lift fleet has changed little since a push for upgrades in the ’90s. SkiCo wants to “be in business forever” and can’t do that on essence alone.
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Record high temperatures compound low-snowpack problems
Temperature and precipitation data in the Roaring Fork Valley shows that most of this winter has experienced above-average temperatures with below-average precipitation, making this season one of the hottest and driest on record.
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Aspen activist wants ‘rights of nature’ for the Roaring Fork River
A handful of Colorado communities have passed resolutions that give rights to local waterways: Grand Lake to its namesake body of water, Ridgway to the Uncompahgre River and most recently, Durango to the Animas River.