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Category: Environment

Aspen Journalism’s “Connie Harvey Environment Desk” is named in honor of the longtime Aspen environmentalist.

Posted inEnvironment

In Coal Basin, a hidden source of climate pollution

by Sarah Tory October 9, 2021September 20, 2022

A coalition is pushing land managers to deal with the methane leaks by authorizing a project to capture the methane and either use it somehow or destroy it. To do that, they’ll have to surmount a host of bureaucratic challenges.

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More intense backside land use a sticking point for Pandora’s

by Curtis Wackerle September 6, 2021September 20, 2022

SkiCo officials have taken the position that broader character and use concerns on the backside should not hinder the review of their ski area proposal. County planning staffers disagree.

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Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness overnight overuse continues to increase

by Curtis Wackerle July 2, 2021April 12, 2022

Total overnight visitors accessing the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness via the 10 most popular trailheads reached a new record in 2020, with 18,324 entering the backcountry to camp, according to data collected by the Forest Service.

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Parking is a choke point in Marble’s motorized-use conundrum

by Curtis Wackerle June 18, 2021May 4, 2022

There is no designated parking near the Lead King Loop trailhead for the trucks and trailers needed to haul the machines. Many in Marble feel this has put the squeeze on their town, population 140, which has limited resources and infrastructure to handle the influx.

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Environmental analysis puts Marble wetlands donation within reach

by Curtis Wackerle May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

This spring, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) completed its analysis of the site and determined that contaminant levels in the material are within the range considered to be non-threatening to human health for a day-use recreation site.

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OHV authorization will continue near Marble, but clock is ticking

by Curtis Wackerle May 18, 2021April 12, 2022

While the commissioners did not enact a de facto moratorium on OHV, ATV and UTV traffic on the county road leading to the Lead King Loop, the discovery of a language error in a county resolution served to elevate the issue.

Visitors park their off-highway vehicles in the settlement of Crystal
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Gunnison County appears unlikely to ban off-highway vehicles on road to Lead King Loop this summer

by Curtis Wackerle May 5, 2021May 4, 2022

Gunnison County commissioners expressed concern that an immediate, partial ban would be counterproductive but called for partner agencies to ‘lean in’ to long-term solutions.

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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.

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Enforcement, education campaign to debut on Lead King Loop this summer near Marble

by Curtis Wackerle April 19, 2021May 9, 2022

An academic study found broad-based concern among residents about “degraded quality of life” related to the increasing number of visitors.

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

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