Steamboat explores program to cool the Yampa River; updates from the Roaring Fork Valley data dashboard and COVID-19 Tracking the Curve.
Author Archives: Curtis Wackerle
Curtis Wackerle is the Editor and Executive Director of Aspen Journalism, where he guides the nonprofit’s mission to deliver in-depth, independent reporting on environmental and community issues in Colorado’s mountain regions. He has extensive experience in journalism and editorial leadership, including 14 years at Aspen Daily News, where he covered city hall and, from 2016 until joining Aspen Journalism in 2020, served as editor in chief. Under his direction, Aspen Journalism has grown as a trusted source for nuanced coverage of water, land use, public policy and socioeconomic issues in the West. He grew up in Portland, has a journalism degree from the University of Montana, and lives in Woody Creek.
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The Roundup | Homestake hike highlights uncertainties
Last century’s data a stumbling point for Whitney Reservoir You don’t have to be Brad Udall — the renowned Colorado State University water and climate scientist — to know that streamflow conditions occurring between 1945 and 1994 no longer exist. That was one takeaway from an event held last week in the Homestake Valley, high […]
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The Roundup | Upvalley vacancy, downvalley diversity
Aspen Journalism’s data journalist, Laurine Lassalle, looks at the 2020 census data, changes to Roaring Fork Valley demographics.
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The Roundup | The Pandora’s debate
The Pandora’s debate: A buffer for the backcountry Step around the back of the top terminal of the Silver Queen Gondola and you enter what might be Pitkin County’s most unique, and interesting, land use realm. The acreage stretching out for miles past the Aspen Mountain ski area along both sides of Richmond Ridge gave […]
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More intense backside land use a sticking point for Pandora’s
SkiCo officials have taken the position that broader character and use concerns on the backside should not hinder the review of their ski area proposal. County planning staffers disagree.
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The Roundup | Our new Executive Director & recent news
A letter from Mark Harvey, Aspen Journalism’s Board President, announcing our new executive director; recent news from our local data dashboard, and a selection of news from other sources.
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The Roundup | Local flows and occupancy rise
Roaring Fork River flows and Aspen occupancy rise; Colorado work group fails to reach consensus in anti-speculation report.
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The Roundup | Streamflows struggling, Ruedi’s hydropower challenge
Tracking “breakthrough” and nonresident COVID-19 cases in Pitkin County; low water levels at Ruedi Reservoir threatening hydropower production, and single-digit Roaring Fork streamflows.
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The Roundup | Rain, smoke, and the Delta variant
Updates from the Data Dashboard: August 1 saw the most precipitation in Aspen of any day since 2018, raising river levels, and a bucket of local news.
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The Roundup | Water shortages not waiting for demand management program
State water board is investigating the feasibility of a program known as demand management, plus local data dashboard and Tracking the COVID-19 Curve.