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"The Roundup: Aspen Journalism original stories & data dashboard" text overlays a photo of children running in a mobile home park.
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The Roundup | John Stroud on the social justice beat

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

This week’s letter from the editor and roundup of original stories gives insight into growing concerns about corporate takeover and creeping unaffordability at the dozens of mobile home parks that make up a significant portion of our community’s affordable housing stock. John Stroud, writing for our social justice desk also unpacks what state officials and community organizers are doing about these concerns.

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The Roundup | Greenlight for system conservation program

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

This week, Aspen Journalism reports on the Sept. 21 decision by Colorado River managers to continue a water conservation program originally designed to protect critical elevations in the nation’s two largest reservoirs.

A mountain biker rides Hummingbird Trail
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The Roundup | Health, wealth and water

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

This week, Aspen Journalism published three stories from our environment and water desks that highlight connections among resources, climate change, infrastructure, growth demand and environmental impact. 

Cassie Cerise, Tim Fenton and ranch dog Dinah at their property on Missouri Heights outside of Carbondale.
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The Roundup | UBR court challenge, methane-capture woes, Boomerang neglected

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

Aspen Journalism has made the most of these last few weeks of summer. Since the last letter from the newsroom, Aspen Journalism has published a total of six in-depth stories showing the depth and range of our talented staff and freelancers. Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett gave us three bylines, including the latest in a […]

Ruedi reservoir with sign saying "John Ruedi Recreation Area White River National Forest"
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The Runoff | Big water year begins to fade away

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

The latest edition of The Runoff, a newsletter from Aspen Journalism Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett chronicling odds and ends from her work covering water policy in the Roaring Fork and upper Colorado river basins.

94-foot wingspan Gulfstream G550 aircraft with Sopris Mountain in background
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The Roundup | What’s flying at ASE and an environmental Pandora’s box

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle August 3, 2023August 3, 2023

An astounding number of private planes at Aspen Airport, and an environmental Pandora’s box as Aspen Ski Company readies for expansion.

The Crystal River flowing in late June just downstream of Janeway. Studies have identified
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The Roundup | Seeking back-up water options on the Crystal River

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle July 27, 2023July 28, 2023

Recently at Aspen Journalism, we published Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett’s report on the conclusion of two studies looking at backup-water-supply options for the Crystal River, where late-summer low stream flows threaten water availability for some residential subdivisions with junior water rights.

A young Ute keeps watch on a typical camp, somewhere in Colorado with a tipi in the background.
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The Roundup | A disturbing origin story

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle July 21, 2023July 21, 2023

A three-part series on the history of the Northern Utes, this region’s indigenous peoples, from Aspen-based history writer Tim Cooney.

Signees of the 1873 Brunot Agreement in Washington, D.C. ront row, left to right: Guero, Chipeta, Ouray and Piah; second row: Uriah M. Curtis, James B. Thompson, Charles Adams and Otto Mears; back row: Washington, Susan (Ouray’s sister), Johnson [Canavish], Jack [Nicaagat] and John.
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The Roundup | Injustice, broken promises and brutality

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle June 29, 2023July 1, 2023

As someone who has lived my entire life in the American West — between a childhood in Portland, college years in Montana, and the time since in the Roaring Fork Valley — I’ve grown to be shocked and saddened over how little we as a society understand and acknowledge the extent of what took place […]

North Star nature preserve looking upstream
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The Roundup | When it all comes together

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

Why are water managers, whose operational lives are now dominated by making and planning for adaptations in response to climate change, so notably absent from climate-action discussions?

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