But the “outstandingly remarkable values” that Wild & Scenic seeks to protect and the special riparian ecosystems that peak instream flows are designed to protect may not align in the case of the Crystal River.
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Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack slightly above normal
• Snowpack at Indy Pass and McClure Pass reaches 100% and 82% of normal, respectively, on March 24.
• Lake Powell was 33.3% full on March 24, down from 33.5% last week.
• High air temperatures at ASE went up to 53°F on March 22.
Posted inIn search of community
Along the Colorado River: Where community blossoms and the economy grows
These places may be little known to much of the upper Roaring Fork Valley, but for so many who make its economy hum, it’s where they own homes, raise families, build dreams, struggle with life, and rush back and forth for employment each workday on congested highways.
Posted inLocal Public Data
Data dashboard: Three-quarters of the rooms in Aspen and Snowmass were booked in February
• February occupancy for Aspen and Snowmass combined reached 75.9%, down from 76.9% last year, but 7% more rooms were booked due to increased inventory.
• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached 110% of median on March 17.
• Lake Powell’s elevation has lost about 7 inches since last week.
Posted inEnvironment
The recycling symbol’s Aspen roots
The Container Corp. of America placed the symbol in the public domain in the hopes that it would be used widely to mark products made from recycled and recyclable paper products, making the symbol available in the fall of 1970 to all industries that recycle their products.
Posted inLocal Public Data
Data dashboard: Local snowpack up after last week’s storm
• Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin reached an average of 15.1 inches of snow-water equivalent per site on March 10, or 109% of median. That’s up from 13.4 inches on March 3 and from 100% of median.
• Lake Powell was 33.7% full on March 10, down from 33.9% last week.
• Low air temperatures at ASE reached -7 on Feb. 28 before going back up to 23°F on March 2.
Posted inWater
In dry years, Colorado’s Crystal River runs at a trickle — but why?
The factors that lead to a dry river bed are many and include unique geology, ill-defined legal concepts, misunderstandings about the value of water, inefficient irrigation systems and vague state guidelines regarding waste that seem to be enforced only under specific circumstances.
Posted inWater
Crystal River mapping project
Beginning high in the Elk Mountains, the Crystal River flows 40 miles through three counties, cutting a canyon under the flanks of Mount Sopris and winding past the towns of Marble, Redstone and Carbondale before joining with the Roaring Fork River. Along the way, its waters turn mesa hayfields, acres of alfalfa and Carbondale parks […]
Posted inHistory
From Bauhaus to birdhouse
While living in Aspen between 1946 and 1975, he was the carte blanche designer of modern town shaper Walter Paepcke during the transition from mining and ranching to skiing, but few realize how Bayer’s pivotal contributions to midcourse Aspen shaped what town is today.
Posted inWater
Lower basin calls for upper basin cuts; upper basin says ‘no way’
The upper basin’s proposal, however, says the four states will pursue “parallel activities” that include voluntary, temporary and compensated reductions in use, although the upper basin states do not offer a specific amount of water that they will conserve.