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The Roundup | April 30, 2021 Edition

Curtis Wackerle by Curtis Wackerle April 30, 2021May 27, 2021
The Roundup newsletter: A weekly roundup of Aspen Journalism’s original stories with a letter from the editor, Curtis Wackerle.
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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, 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 on how dust carried in with the wind from increasingly disturbed desert soils speeds up the timing and intensity of snowpack melt. Read more

Tracking the Curve

By Laurine Lassalle | April 30, 2021

Two local testing sites, one in Snowmass Village and one at the airport, shut down this week due the decrease in testing demand. As case counts decline, Pitkin County moved to blue-level restrictions, increasing capacity for each sector. Restaurants and gyms, for example, are now allowed to operate at full capacity with 6 feet of distancing. Read more

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Curtis Wackerle is the editor and executive director of Aspen Journalism and the editor and reporter on the Connie Harvey Environment Desk. Curtis has also served as editor, managing editor, and reporter... More by Curtis Wackerle

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