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Aspen Journalism’s award-winning weekly newsletter featuring a letter from the editor discussing original stories from our newsroom
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The Roundup | Engaging from a different angle

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

Aspen Journalism expands reach through ongoing collaboration with Aspen Public Radio to bring COVID-19 news to the Roaring Fork Valley; freelance reporter, Will Grandbois, on assignment for Aspen Journalism, interviewed on KDNK to discuss recent river restoration initiative along a key stretch of the Crystal River, and Aspen Journalism is sponsoring an event put on by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies taking place next month, where local photographer, filmmaker and storyteller (and Aspen Journalism board member) Pete McBride will give a presentation at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House on his recent book, “Seeing Silence: The Beauty of the World’s Most Quiet Places.”

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The Roundup | The reason for a delay in a river restoration project

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle November 16, 2021November 16, 2021

As spelled out in a Water Plan, grant request improvements to the section along the Crystal River will include streambank stabilization, river channel restoration, plant diversification, better access to the park, as well as an automated ditch headgate, if the town of Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Conservancy can convince Colorado Parks and Wildlife that it can be done with a light touch.

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The Roundup | Data updates & Tracking the Curve

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

As a reader and subscriber to The Roundup, Aspen Journalism’s weekly newsletter, we wanted to thank you for your support and interest in this important work. We’ve long believed that well-informed citizens make better decisions, and we have worked to inform our community on issues surrounding water, the environment, social justice, history, and topics specific […]

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The Roundup | Water speculation in the hot seat at the Capitol

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

A note from Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett, this week’s original stories from Aspen Journalism, and other news items of interest.

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The Roundup | Water meetings need water reporters

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle October 26, 2021October 28, 2021

NewsMatch starts November 1, updates from our Water Desk, Tracking the Curve and our data dashboard

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The Roundup | Streamflow data dive has implications for demand management

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

The numbers are stark. Flow losses exceeding 15% when comparing records of the last 20 years to average conditions observed throughout most of the 20th century.

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The Roundup | Methane leaks lurking in Coal Basin

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle October 12, 2021October 12, 2021

Methane leaks lurking in Coal Basin Recently at Aspen Journalism, we featured Sarah Tory’s piece about a climate problem lurking quietly near Redstone. The Carbondale-based freelancer and High Country News correspondent, writing this month for our Connie Harvey Environment Desk, went out on a day hike with an interesting stakeholder group to visit sites where […]

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The Roundup | Glenwood-based River District prepares water-savings plan

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

River District report highlights Western Slope concerns with state water-savings plan Staff will present framework at October board meeting By Heather Sackett | October 2, 2021 Other findings of the report are consistent with what River District and agriculture representatives have been saying since the state began its demand-management discussions in 2019: A program must […]

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The Roundup | Cooling the Yampa River

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

Steamboat explores program to cool the Yampa River; updates from the Roaring Fork Valley data dashboard and COVID-19 Tracking the Curve.

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The Roundup | Homestake hike highlights uncertainties

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

Last century’s data a stumbling point for Whitney Reservoir You don’t have to be Brad Udall — the renowned Colorado State University water and climate scientist — to know that streamflow conditions occurring between 1945 and 1994 no longer exist. That was one takeaway from an event held last week in the Homestake Valley, high […]

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