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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.

Posted inEnvironment

New dust-on-snow monitoring technology coming to Steamboat lab, expanding a growing snowpack data network

by Natalie Keltner-McNeil April 23, 2021May 18, 2021

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.

AGCI staffers and a Pitkin County Public Works employee assemble the Castle Creek Roaring Fork Observation Network station
Posted inEnvironment

Soil-moisture monitoring station high in Castle Creek Valley completes local water-research network

by Natalie Keltner-McNeil March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

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.

Posted inWater

Toxic algae blooms in reservoirs near Steamboat detected thanks to new state protocol

by Natalie Keltner-McNeil December 31, 2020February 19, 2021

Occurrence tied to warming trend, may be influenced by ranching history.

Posted inWater

Gunnison River, with elevated selenium levels, faces review for reclassification

by Natalie Keltner-McNeil December 3, 2020October 31, 2022

A collaborative effort among federal, state and local officials is critical to reducing the chemical toxic to endangered fish.

Wagner Park in Aspen, CO
Posted inWater

Aspen water users meet Stage 2 cutback goals, cutting use by 20% since Sept. 1

by Natalie Keltner-McNeil October 11, 2020February 19, 2021

Comparing consumption with non-drought year shows less-dramatic reduction.

Posted inWater

Pitkin County launches project to restore ancient wetland at North Star Preserve near Aspen

by Natalie Keltner-McNeil September 5, 2020February 19, 2021

Plug will keep standing water in fen, supporting wildlife habitat, groundwater and carbon sequestration

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