COVID-19 Info
Tracking the Curve: Documenting COVID-19 in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties
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Updates on the spread and the fallout focusing on Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.
Water Desk
U.S. Army Corps won’t hold public hearing on marble quarry that relocated Yule Creek
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Colorado Stone Quarries officials must address public comments, propose plan to mitigate damage caused by creek relocation.
Environment Desk
Microgrid feasibility study underway to connect Aspen airport, RFTA, public works
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Greater efficiency, renewable energy storage are implementation goals.
Water Desk
Judge dismisses several water uses in White River reservoir case
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Division 6 Water Judge Michael A O’Hara III, in a Dec. 23 order, determined that Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District has not provided enough evidence that its current existing water rights won’t meet demands in the categories of municipal, irrigation, domestic, in-reservoir piscatorial, commercial and augmentation for Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District.
Water Desk
Tinkering with a pollutant, Colorado ranch seeks to improve fish habitat
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Proposal on the Blue River would grow food for undernourished fish using phosphorus, which can cause toxic algae blooms
Water Desk
Colorado River District lays out framework for new taxpayer-funded grant program
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According to the framework, project proponents should get buy-in from local governments in the form of a letter of support from the board of county commissioners in the county in which the project is located.
Environment Desk
Thompson Divide conservation agreement is a step forward for Pitkin County, AVLT
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Public access to be determined in the context of biodiversity using ’best available science’ as the guide.
Water Desk
Gunnison River, with elevated selenium levels, faces review for reclassification
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A collaborative effort among federal, state and local officials is critical to reducing the chemical toxic to endangered fish.
History Desk
Town of Ruedi submerged by reservoir, but not by history
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The Fry-Ark grew out of post-World War II optimism when government championed big projects and environmentalism was a seedling.
Water Desk
Vail Resorts’ cancellation of cloud seeding this winter could mean less water in streams
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“While this is bad news for skiers, it also means a challenge for western water managers who count on cloud seeding to increase water supplies by increasing snowfall in the mountainous headwaters of the Colorado River and its tributaries.”