The opening weeks of 2023 have been filled with legislative updates and new bills, state water board news, Colorado River happenings and new chapters for local issues. Let’s dive in. – Heather SackettEditor and Reporter on the Water Desk No-flush wipes bill drafted State Senators Dylan Roberts and Perry Will, who represent the Western Slope […]
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The Roundup | Going to extremes to get the story
Our Water Desk broke news on two fronts. We also posted our write up from the Jan. 5 event we hosted with author Ted Conover,
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The Roundup | The strongest incentive to stay
It’s clear that this stock of housing is important to the community, based on the sheer numbers. But there’s something more. The ability to own a home, affordable to those who work in the community, might be the strongest incentive there is to hold on, stick it out, keep playing “the lottery” because eventually something will work out.
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The Runoff | From panic to acceptance
Some water managers at CRWUA acknowledged a truth that is widely known but rarely stated so candidly: As the Colorado River crisis deepens, water to cities will not be cut off in favor of continuing to grow hay in the desert, no matter what the law of the river says.
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The Roundup | Newsroom staying warm with heavy helping from the environment, water and data desks
Help us reach a $50,000 match!As a dedicated reader of Aspen Journalism, we ask you to consider what this reporting is worth to you and the community – and double it. That’s the value of giving today, thanks to local, state, and national donors and funders who are offering a matching-gift-pool of $50,000. Will you […]
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The Roundup | ‘Intervention model’ in practice, Crystal clear water shortages, Maroon Bells bike trips
Nonprofit is testing ‘intervention model’ to keep trailer parks out of private equity hands; studies tackle water replacement options for Crystal River shortages; 42,000 Maroon Bells bike trips counted this year.
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The Roundup | Multiple angles on future growth
From local modular manufacturing to Lift One Corridor cooperation to valley-wide watering standards.
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The Roundup | Reporting spans the Colorado River basin
This week at Aspen Journalism, we are thrilled to have published two stories looking at water use from opposite ends of the Colorado River basin. Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett set out to understand what city of Aspen water use data can tell us about recent efforts to encourage more conservation, especially when it comes […]
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The Roundup | The importance of out-of-district fundraising in CD-3
This week at Aspen Journalism, we published the most thorough fundraising analysis to date on the campaign fundraising picture in the 3rd Congressional District race between incumbent Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert and Democratic challenger, former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch. Data Desk Editor Laurine Lassalle looked at the candidates’ federal campaign finance reports and […]
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The Roundup | Recreation groups ask for inclusion in Water Plan
Recreation groups ask for more inclusion in state Water Plan Boating has struggled to find foothold in system of water rights By Heather Sackett | October 14, 2022 In the Colorado water world, recreation usually is lumped together with the environment as a “non-consumptive” use since both seek to keep water in the stream. But […]