Early in my career, I clerked at the Environmental Defense Fund trying to help negotiate changes in California’s massive irrigation system, trying to stave off the extinction of the Sacramento […]
Dale Will
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CVEPA Views: When is a reservoir not a reservoir? Thoughts on Mobley’s Corral and the Crystal Augmentation Plan
By Dale Will The headline on Heather Sackett’s recent coverage of the Crystal Augmentation Study caught my eye: “Janeway site promising for Crystal River backup water supply.” (See Aspen Times, […]
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CVEPA Views: John Osgood, Pitkin County and the Battle at Red Wind Point
The first whites in the Crystal Valley traveled on the Ute Trail, as well documented by the Hayden surveys in 1873. Whites brought with them the wheel, and no sooner […]
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Land conservation as an act of philanthropy
On Dec. 20, 2022, Jeff and Janette Bier donated 8.5 acres adjacent to the Marble Wetlands to the Trust for Land Restoration (TLR). The 55-acre Marble Wetlands was donated to […]
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Thoughts on the Hayden, the Meeker Uprising, and the Crystal Trail
When Ferdinand Hayden’s team of surveyors entered the Crystal Valley in 1873, they noted the existence of a “hardened trail” running from the summit of what is now known as […]