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Category: The Roundup newsletter

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Ruedi Reservoir on the Fryingpan River
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The Roundup | Ruedi water managers awaiting ‘April hole’

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Will spring runoff be enough to fill a depleted Ruedi Reservoir?

Housekeepers arrive in Aspen for the first scheduled cleaning of the day.
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The Roundup | ‘The economic framework is labor intensive’

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle March 22, 2022March 22, 2022

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.

RFTA ridership 1976-2021
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The Roundup | Undermining the central bargain of recent traffic planning

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

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?

Fetcher cows
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The Roundup | Abandonment’s central role in water management

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle March 1, 2022March 1, 2022

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.

A kayaker runs the 6-foot drop of Slaughterhouse Falls on the Roaring Fork River in June 2021. River recreation and conservation groups are pushing a bill that aims to establish a recreational in-channel values reach designation, which would create a legal mechanism to lease water for river recreation.
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The Roundup | Recreation’s new water strategy

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

A legislative push for water without rights, plus the latest COVID, occupancy and snowpack data.

Paul Bruchez
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The Roundup | New face at the CWCB, ditch inventory transparency quest

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

Paul Bruchez appointed regional Colorado River CWCB rep., COVID-19 rates drop and the saga of the ditch inventory.

Gov. Jared Polis announcing '22 water campaign
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The Roundup | Water savings plan focuses on individual efforts

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

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.

Lake Powell water levels
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The Roundup | Watching the snowpack like a hawk

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

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.

Lake Mead intake
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The Roundup | Lower basin water managers pivot in the face of shrinking reservoirs

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

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

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

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 […]

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