Chaffee County commissioners approve permit for water bottle company to draw from wells connected to Arkansas River
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CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. The Chaffee County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the conditions under which a water bottling company could continue to pull water from a spring connected to the Arkansas River.
They are allowed to do so through the water right they bought back in 2010, but the county gives the green light if it finds the company follows all of the rules.
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The fate of a protective bald eagle nest buffer zone that has accompanied the gated Aspen Glen neighborhood near Carbondale since it was approved in 1993 now rests with Garfield County commissioners.
In November 2020, the commissioners determined that a request by the Aspen Glen Golf Co. a subsidiary of Apollo holdings to remove the buffer zone requires a full public hearing as a “substantial modification” to the long-established planned unit development.
The matter goes before the Garfield County Planning Commission Wednesday night for a recommendation, and is tentatively scheduled to come before the county commissioners in September.
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The snow is melting, the days are getting longer, and skis are getting shelved in favor of hiking boots and mountain bikes. But in some parts of the Roaring Fork Valley, hikers and bikers will have to wait a little longer to venture out on certain trails.
Those trails are closed to protect herds of elk, which rely on low-elevation open spaces for their survival around this time of year. Closures keep people and their pets from spooking elk and pushing them away from pivotal grazing areas.
Wintertime survival at more than a mile above sea level is no small feat for animals. When things get cold, finding food is a challenge.
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Those trails are closed to protect herds of elk, which rely on low-elevation open spaces for their survival around this time of year. Closures keep people and their pets from spooking elk and pushing them away from pivotal grazing areas.
Wintertime survival at more than a mile above sea level is no small feat for animals. When things get cold, finding food is a challenge.
“Winter is a cruel period for any animal on the landscape,” said Matt Yamashita, area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Deer and elk are slowly starving to death, and they re trying to do it just at a rate that they can make up for the next spring.”