Last month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced finalized resource management plans (RMPs) for the state of Colorado. Two of the plans announced are for lands managed by the Colorado River Valley and Grand Junction field offices and will affect roughly two million acres on the Western Slope for the next 15 to 20 […]
Annalise Grueter
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¿Conoces la atención para la fertilidad a la que puedes acceder en el valle de Roaring Fork?
Para muchos adultos jóvenes, las conversaciones sobre fertilidad inician y terminan con: si tienen acceso a anticonceptivos o al Plan B y a pruebas de enfermedades de transmisión sexual (STD por sus siglas en inglés) y su tratamiento. Algo de esto viene como parte de la educación escolar, la cual hace hincapié en estos temas. […]
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GORP Act aims to protect watersheds and ecosystems
In late September, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet officially introduced the Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection (GORP) Act to Congress. Per Bennet’s office, the proposed legislation is the largest public lands bill introduced in Colorado since the early 1990s. It proposes increased protections of over 730,000 acres of public land via designation changes and wilderness classification additions. […]
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Colorado public lands perspectives: Rick Knight on remembering humans in the equation
A reader response to the Sept. 11 article on Western Watersheds Project’s stance on public lands recommended discussing the topic with Dr. Rick Knight. This article takes that advice, presenting Knight’s academic perspectives as a conservation biologist. Knight is a professor emeritus at Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources. He started teaching there […]
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Do you know what fertility support you can access in the Roaring Fork Valley?
For many young adults, conversations around fertility begin and end with whether they have access to contraception or Plan B and STI testing and treatment. Some of this comes from school-provided education, which puts the emphasis on those topics. Some adults find, when they do start to seriously consider family planning, that they don’t know […]
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RFTA Report: 2025 budget talks continue
The Oct. 10 Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) board of directors meeting focused on the 2025 proposed budget and strategic planning. Before heading into the agenda, Vice Chair Greg Poschman and others commented on the significant upvalley traffic they noticed while traveling downvalley for the meeting in Carbondale. Others noted that daily traffic extends onto […]
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Carbondale tree update
Carbondale has been recognized as a “Tree City” for three decades. The designation through the Arbor Day Foundation means a lot of things, including that Carbondalians care about the flora within town limits, which can require careful evaluation and planning.In 1994, the Board of Trustees approved the formation of the Tree Board in response to […]
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Colorado Wildland Fire Conference facilitates conversation and best practices
On Oct. 2-3, 251 attendees from across the American West converged on Snowmass Village for the 2024 Colorado Wildland Fire Conference (CWFC). The gathering, which was first held in the 1990s, occurs every 18 months. Host cities rotate around the State of Colorado to ground the conversation and the broad vulnerability to wildfires. Paul Cada […]
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Exploring the experience of plants in ‘If Flowers Could Talk’
Local florist and landscaper Daniela Standley knows flowers like family. “I’ve always had a calling [to] flowers. It’s easy for me to know what they need and want,” Standley shared with The Sopris Sun. She realized her affinity for flowers as a teenager and graduated high school early in order to attend a vocational college […]
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Buddy Program teaches Valley youth how to LEAD
What started out as a creative solution to mentorship waitlists has become a staple of 10 Roaring Fork Valley schools. The Buddy Program’s Leadership through Exploration, Action and Discovery (LEAD) courses began in 2013, offering additional support and mentorship to local teenagers. There is always a need for more adult buddies to fill one-to-one matches, […]