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Author Archives: Heather Sackett

Heather Sackett is the managing editor at Aspen Journalism and the editor and reporter on the Water Desk. She has also reported for The Denver Post and the Telluride Daily Planet. Heather has a master’s degree from CU’s Center for Environmental Journalism and her reporting has been recognized by the Colorado Press Association.

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Leaders of youth-water program get bird’s-eye view of Roaring Fork watershed

by Heather Sackett November 3, 2019February 19, 2021

The goal of the Youth Water Leadership Program is not only to increase students’ knowledge of their local watershed and Colorado River issues, but also to create student-driven, call-to-action projects.

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Demand-management groups multiply in Colorado water fight

by Heather Sackett October 30, 2019February 19, 2021

Some in Western Slope agriculture worry that Front Range water providers, backed by a reliable pot of money from their rate-paying customers, can simply pay ranchers to fallow fields without having to reduce their own water consumption.

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Public asks Pitkin County for Basalt whitewater park to be safer

by Heather Sackett October 17, 2019February 19, 2021

“Here you have two terrifying holes,” said Kirk Baker, a local expert kayaker. “You should not have to go around. You should be able to go through.”

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Supporters say Proposition DD will ‘fund Colorado’s Water Plan,’ but what does that mean?

by Heather Sackett October 10, 2019February 19, 2021

Taxes on gambling revenue will be given to the Colorado Water Conservation Board to fund a long list of water and river projects.

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Crystal River study on backup supply plan being floated by conservation districts

by Heather Sackett September 24, 2019February 19, 2021

The historic drought late in the summer of 2018 illustrated some long-acknowledged problems with water rights on the Crystal.

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Aspen joins water managers using new technologies to map mountain snowpack, predict streamflows

by Heather Sackett September 9, 2019February 19, 2021

“As the past becomes less of a good guide to the future, we really need to know in greater precision and accuracy what the current state of the snowpack is,” Deems said.

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Water equity a concern for Western Slope water users

by Heather Sackett August 27, 2019February 19, 2021

Water managers want to ensure that a demand-management program would spread the burden across different user groups and basins in the name of fairness. But that conflicts with the requirement that participation in any program be voluntary.

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Meter replacements to help conserve water in Aspen

by Heather Sackett August 21, 2019February 19, 2021

By replacing the meters, the city estimates it would save about 50 acre-feet of water per year.

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Climate change could threaten Carbondale’s water supply

by Heather Sackett August 12, 2019February 19, 2021

The summer of 2018’s historic drought illustrated a vulnerability in Carbondale’s water supply that surprised local officials.

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State studying mountain goats near Aspen

by Heather Sackett August 9, 2019February 19, 2021

Researchers are trying to figure out why local populations of mountain goats are thriving while populations of another high-alpine animal — bighorn sheep — have been declining.

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