“Our intention with filing the NOI on the mining claim is to establish additional documentation of our rights to the mining claim so that we can have a seat at the table when a land exchange is discussed,” members of the Boyles family said in a statement.
Category: Environment
Aspen Journalism’s “Connie Harvey Environment Desk” is named in honor of the longtime Aspen environmentalist.
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History of North Star, new data to inform future management of nature preserve
Overall trends also show a clear increase in the number of river users, and neighbors and frequent local users say there is not enough reverence for the sacred place. It’s clear that many in the community want to see fewer paddleboarders on the preserve.
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Native-carnivore bill would tie depredation compensation to coexistence strategies
“This is a stick that says: Try nonlethal coexistence methods. Here’s the tools. Here’s the money. Here’s the training. Give it a try, and if you do and you lose livestock, we’ll pay you for them.”
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The recycling symbol’s Aspen roots
The Container Corp. of America placed the symbol in the public domain in the hopes that it would be used widely to mark products made from recycled and recyclable paper products, making the symbol available in the fall of 1970 to all industries that recycle their products.
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SkiCo closes Hero’s ski area boundary, impacting backcountry access
The move to close the boundary, unveiled when the company released this winter’s trail map in August, came in part at the request of landowners of two adjacent parcels, one of which is being marketed as a multimillion dollar real estate investment.
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Pitkin County moving to place a cap on exterior energy use
The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on Dec. 6 approved on first reading a package of code amendments that place a cap on exterior energy use at 200 million British thermal units (Btu) per year and per parcel and implement new “electric-ready” requirements.
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Imminence of CRJ-700 retirement overstated in initial airport expansion studies
Consultants studying the airport for Pitkin County predicted in 2013 that the CRJ-700 fleet would be phased out “sometime in the next decade,” with retirements beginning in 2018. Half the fleet would be retired by 2021, with planes no longer in use by 2025, according to presentations delivered to Pitkin County commissioners in 2013 and 2014. That prediction about the CRJs being well on their way to retirement by now hasn’t borne out in the time frame presented. SkyWest, which operates flights for the three commercial carriers serving Aspen, is flying about 16% fewer CRJ-700s today than in 2018.
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Colorado wildlife officials aim to reduce hunter crowding, sustain elk herds
Although elk population numbers in northwest Colorado currently meet objectives set by the state, those numbers are probably not sustainable. Meanwhile, the state’s hunters have expressed concerns that they see more humans than animals during hunting seasons
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Tension between lethal control and coexistence plays out in wolf-reintroduction efforts
“It’s a perverse incentive to facilitate wolves killing livestock and for more wolves to be killed. The livestock industry, having failed with a big-money campaign to defeat [2020’s Proposition 114], has worked to subvert it through a wolf plan that includes the absence of a requirement for preventative measures.”
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Perceptions vary as Colorado prepares for wolf reintroduction
Twelve of the state’s 64 counties voted in favor of bringing wolves to the state. Only five of those are on the Western Slope, home of the proposed wolf-release sites and the lion’s share of ranchers, hunters and outfitters who spoke up at CPW meetings.