The Storm Peak Lab station will be the latest added to a growing network of dust-on-snow monitoring towers across Colorado and Utah. Such stations offer key insights to researchers studying how dust impacts the timing and intensity of snowpack melt.
Author Archives: Natalie Keltner-McNeil
Natalie Keltner-McNeil is a freelance environmental journalist originally from the Bay Area. She has a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in Society and Environment, and a certificate in Journalism in the Digital Age from the UC Berkeley graduate school of journalism.
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Soil-moisture monitoring station high in Castle Creek Valley completes local water-research network
Gathering data at all elevations throughout the Roaring Fork Valley provides scientists with a localized, clearer picture of how climate change is impacting the hydrologic cycle at the Colorado basin’s headwaters.
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Toxic algae blooms in reservoirs near Steamboat detected thanks to new state protocol
Occurrence tied to warming trend, may be influenced by ranching history.
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Gunnison River, with elevated selenium levels, faces review for reclassification
A collaborative effort among federal, state and local officials is critical to reducing the chemical toxic to endangered fish.
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Aspen water users meet Stage 2 cutback goals, cutting use by 20% since Sept. 1
Comparing consumption with non-drought year shows less-dramatic reduction.
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Pitkin County launches project to restore ancient wetland at North Star Preserve near Aspen
Plug will keep standing water in fen, supporting wildlife habitat, groundwater and carbon sequestration