This week at Aspen Journalism, we published a collaborative investigation between our Data Desk Editor Laurine Lassalle and Aspen Public Radio’s Caroline Llanes that took a panoramic view of how COVID-19 has played out across a wide swath of our region. Delivered in two parts, the first installment surveyed prevailing attitudes and responses across six […]
Author Archives: Curtis Wackerle
Curtis Wackerle is the editor and executive director of Aspen Journalism and the editor and reporter on the Connie Harvey Environment Desk. Curtis has also served as editor, managing editor, and reporter at the Aspen Daily News, where he covered Aspen’s city hall. He has a journalism degree from the University of Montana.
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The Roundup | Extra public outreach to address new dam project
Good day and welcome back to The Roundup — which we were excited to announce earlier in the week took home first-place honors in the best newsletter category in the annual Colorado Press Association awards. Building up this weekly newsletter from an automated RSS feed to a channel for deeper engagement with our audience has […]
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Aspen Journalism wins six awards in annual Colorado Press Association contest
Dear friends of Aspen Journalism, As our dedicated supporters and readers, we wanted to let you know that the work you make possible was recognized with six awards — five of which were first-place honors — in the Colorado Press Association’s 2021 Better News Media Contest. The awards, judged by members of the Michigan Press […]
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The Roundup | Maybell project aims to benefit irrigators, boaters and fish
Recently at Aspen Journalism, we visited the Maybell Ditch, which is the most significant diversion drawing water out of the Yampa River in a remote corner of northwest Colorado, to learn about a multimillion-dollar project to improve irrigation infrastructure spearheaded as an environmental initiative. By modernizing the antiquated headgate and improving how the river channels […]
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The Roundup | Voluntary proposals and the writing on the wall
The day of reckoning came and went, with no concrete plan from the states to cut 2-4 million acre-feet of Colorado River basin water use, and no federal action to force those cuts. The can was officially kicked down the road, beyond the initial 60-day window Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton put the seven […]
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The Roundup | COVID-19 wastewater tracking is a new, interesting and enigmatic tool
Hello again from our newsroom on the banks of the upper Roaring Fork River. We hope these warm, late-summer days have been treating you well as you enjoy clean air and abundant moisture (if you need to see the receipts on that, check out our regular Data Dashboard updates). We are excited this week to […]
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The Roundup | Grizzly Reservoir to be drained next summer, Basalt wave adjustments this fall
Grizzly Reservoir to be drained next summer for rehab work Repairs planned for dam, tunnel, outlet works By Heather Sackett | August 14, 2022 During next year’s rehabilitation work most of the creeks — Lost Man, New York, Brooklyn and Tabor — will be allowed to flow downstream instead of being collected by a canal […]
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The Roundup | Now is the time to understand more so we may fear less
A wrap-up of our conversation with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Aspen Journalism, and ACES in Aspen, CO.
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The Roundup | Opinions differ on timeline as Crystal River Wild & Scenic efforts move ahead
Crystal River Wild & Scenic designation efforts, Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley COVID-19 data, and Aspen airport precipitation compared to average.
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The Roundup | Data mining reveals a drop in the bucket
Data mining reveals a drop in the bucket: what caused Lake Powell to shrink overnight, plus an innovative water savings strategy