As case counts and test-positivity rates continue to decline, Pitkin County moved to green-level restrictions this week.
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Pitkin County trail use spiked 44%, reaching record levels in 2020
“This use, combined with new patterns of social distancing, has translated into visible impacts and degradation on the land,” according to OST director Tennenbaum.
Posted inCOVID-19 Info
Pitkin County’s COVID-19 testing capacity holds up despite setback
The number of COVID-19 tests given in Pitkin County more than tripled — from an average of 34 tests per day on Nov. 1 to 111 tests per day on Dec. 1, and then kept increasing. But on Jan. 21, the state announced that Curative tests could not be used for asymptomatic testing.
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Local ranchers face backlog of cattle due to coronavirus. Now comes the drought.
“We not only do have to keep them because there was nowhere to go with them, and then all of a sudden we find ourselves in the middle of a drought. We basically got to the point where we had to get rid of them, whatever price was being offered.”
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Increased use, violations on Pitkin County open space kept rangers busy this spring
The number of enforcement contacts — in which rangers had to remind people of the rules through a simple conversation, a warning or a ticket — exploded in the spring, especially in May.