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Nov 3, 2024 · Curtis Wackerle. 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 at the Aspen Daily News, where he covered Aspen’s city hall. He has a journalism degree from the University of Montana.
In a ‘sacred valley,’ community partners seek to preserve the …
2 days ago · A 3,700-acre property owned by St. Benedict’s Monastery is now on the market for $150 million as the religious institution faces a dwindling population of monks. Past efforts to preserve the land never came to fruition — but some local groups hope a collaboration might help.
The Runoff | Upper Basin MOU lays groundwork for saved-water …
3 days ago · The Upper Basin continues to take baby steps toward a formal conserved consumptive program. On Oct. 28, the Upper Colorado River Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation establishing a provisional accounting for water saved through approved Upper Basin conservation projects.
Mission and annual reports - Aspen Journalism
Aspen Journalism is a nonprofit journalism organization based in Aspen, Colorado. Our mission is to produce investigative and in-depth journalism for those with a stake in the Aspen region, by virtue of their living, voting, owning, working, recreating, or visiting here. Our area of geographic concern radiates outward from Aspen to include Pitkin, Eagle and […]
2023 Aspen Journalism Annual Report
This enabled us to unlock $33,000 from NewsMatch and $5,071 from the Colorado Media Project — revenue that came in spring of 2024, based on our performance during the 2023 end-of-year campaign. Aspen Journalism also received grants from the city of Aspen ($21,500) and Pitkin County ($20,000) in 2023.
Climate report projects continued warming and declining …
Jan 8, 2024 · According to the report, by 2050 there will be an annual reduction of 5-30% in streamflow volume; a 5-30% reduction of April 1 snow-water equivalent (a measure of how much water is in the snowpack) and an 8-17% increase in evaporative demand (a measure of how “thirsty” the atmosphere is).A hotter, drier atmosphere can fuel dry soils and wildfire risk.
Aspen Journalism Water Desk stories
Oct 4, 2024 · Aspen proposes second turbine for Ruedi hydro plant. by Heather Sackett September 18, 2024. Releases out of Ruedi have changed since the hydro plant began operating, with the reservoir now one of the most important sources of water for the Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program.
The Roundup | The difference journalism can make
Feb 6, 2024 · Reservoir along Thompson Creek voluntarily canceled. A company that was seeking to extend its nearly 60-year-old conditional water right for a reservoir tied to oil-and-gas drilling that would be sited along Thompson Creek near Carbondale backed away from its application in water court, after Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett broke the news last month that the application was proceeding.
From the headwaters to local housing to the lower basin - Aspen …
Dec 18, 2023 · A comprehensive report on ski town affordable housing, an update to the airport expansion and the overstated retirement of the CRJ-700 by 2025, and two pieces by Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett from opposite ends of the Colorado River Basin.
Regionalism evolves as a uniting force from Aspen to Parachute
Apr 18, 2024 · The community I am searching for extends more than 80 miles, from Aspen to Parachute. This contiguous, linear city clusters along Highway 82 and Interstate 70, and has a population of about 90,000 – roughly the size of Longmont — and that’s before counting the second homeowners and tourists.