Glenwood Springs secures recreational water right to build three proposed boating parks on Colorado River; plus streamflow data, and COVID-19 updates in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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 | ‘The economic framework is labor intensive’
Aspen Journalism’s Social Justice Desk reports on a housekeeping cluster that is central to Aspen’s culture and economy, tracking the curve in the Roaring Fork Valley, and updated local data.
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The Roundup | Undermining the central bargain of recent traffic planning
Aspen Journalism’s latest data-driven investigation started off with a question. How could community angst about traffic be reaching a breaking point when the standard metric used to assess local congestion was not blinking bright red — and in fact, suggested that the problem has been under control since the advent of expanded RFTA service beginning in 2013?
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The Roundup | Abandonment’s central role in water management
Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett’s piece looking at the process that takes place every 10 years where state officials, water users and water court judges determine what water rights have been “abandoned” was a success in many ways. Data Desk Editor Laurine Lassalle shared her initial findings after analyzing state data released to Aspen Journalism breaking down the age, race and gender of all those who have died of COVID-19 in Eagle, Pitkin and Garfield counties.
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The Roundup | Recreation’s new water strategy
A legislative push for water without rights, plus the latest COVID, occupancy and snowpack data.
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The Roundup | New face at the CWCB, ditch inventory transparency quest
Paul Bruchez appointed regional Colorado River CWCB rep., COVID-19 rates drop and the saga of the ditch inventory.
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The Roundup | Water savings plan focuses on individual efforts
Gov. Jared Polis announced Water ’22, a campaign targeting consumers to conserve water with 22 steps; Roaring Fork Valley school enrollment increases slightly from 2020; Independence Pass snowpack close to average, and Lake Powell levels continue to shrink.
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The Roundup | Watching the snowpack like a hawk
Local and regional data from the Aspen Journalism data desk. Aspen Journalism continues to track the curve in the Roaring Fork Valley, and provide data on snowpack and water levels from the Roaring Fork basin to Lake Powell.
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The Roundup | Lower basin water managers pivot in the face of shrinking reservoirs
Lower basin water managers pivot in the face of shrinking reservoirs; snowpack just above average up Independence Pass; Aspen COVID-19 cases falling.
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The Roundup | On the good foot to start a new year
A public trust in pursuit of truth Happy New Year from Aspen Journalism and we are pleased to bring you one last special edition of The Roundup, going out to all of our contacts and subscribers. Our dual purpose today begins with a heartfelt thank-you to the nearly 200 individuals and organizations who have made […]