Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue (SSFR) anticipates conducting prescribed burns of numerous slash piles on Emerald Mountain and around the Mount Werner Water Treatment Plant starting sometime after the Christmas holiday as weather and conditions permit. “Right now, it’s a matter of waiting on the correct conditions,”.
If you’ve ever slipped and spun your way across Vail Pass through a wet, heavy snowstorm, you can be excused for wondering how Eagle River Valley communities could ever have too little water. Vail and its neighbors do have that problem, though.
Editor’s Note: This story, a collaboration of Big Pivots and Aspen Journalism, is part of a series that examines the intersection of water and urban landscapes in Colorado. If you’ve ever slipped and spun your way across Vail Pass through a wet, heavy snowstorm, you can be excused for wondering how Eagle River Valley communities could ever have too little water. Vail and its neighbors do have that problem, though. It has become evident in the growing frequency of drought years in the 21st century. First came 2002. Water officials, verging on panic, restricted outdoor water use. The drought was […]
Editor’s Note: This story, a collaboration of Big Pivots and Aspen Journalism, is part of a series that examines the intersection of water and urban landscapes in Colorado. If you’ve ever slipped and spun your way across Vail Pass through a wet, heavy snowstorm, you can be excused for wondering how Eagle River Valley communities […]
The Western Slope delivers 70% of the Colorado River water. So why do Aspen, Vail, Grand Junction and others want to replace thirsty turf? This story, a collaboration of Big Pivots and Aspen Journalism, is.