Stuff by Will Sardinsky

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    Eagle County considers Missouri Heights horse boarding and riding facility

    Eagle County considers Missouri Heights horse boarding and riding facility thumbnail Doug Pratte, Land Planner and Twin Acres Riding Stable and Boarding Stable special use permit application representative, shows the Roaring Fork Regional Planning Commission and members of the public a map of the proposed changes to the property. Photo by Will Sardinsky

    Eagle County planning staff, planning commissioners, owner representatives and some 40 members of the public visited the proposed site of the Twin Acres Riding Stable and Boarding Stable, a proposed development for a commercial 50-horse boarding and riding facility at 623 Fender Lane in Missouri Heights. While the property has… read more →

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    Going out in style

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    “Wham Blam Thank You Ma’am”, Carbondale’s most recent fashion extravaganza, held in honor of Carbondale Arts executive director Amy Kimberly’s “rewirement,” went off without a hitch behind Craft Coffee House on Saturday evening, Sept. 10. 

    Under the full moon, atop a make-shift stage shaped like a… read more →

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    Locals rep at Outdoor Retailer show

    Locals rep at Outdoor Retailer show thumbnail The 5Point team before they presented the Outdoor Retailer 5Point Film Festival. From left to right: Charlie Turnbull, Lindsay Jones, Luis Yllanes and Phil Mollenkof.

    Many familiar faces could be spotted at the Outdoor Retailer show in Denver earlier this month.

    Lindsay Jones, local artist, checks out the topo designs at Garmin.

    Chris Brandt, Red Hill Council president, chats with Trails Are Common Ground.

    Ethan Peck, of Rygr, shows off a new… read more →

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    If an aspen grove falls, continued

    If an aspen grove falls, continued thumbnail Photos and text by Will Sardinsky

    For part one of this two-part series, click here

    The Forest Service has stated that the logging on William’s Peak, along Four Mile Road, is to create a disturbance, “and cutting areas with mature aspen stimulates their root system to vigorously regenerate.” However, users of… read more →

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    Part 1: If an aspen grove falls…

    Part 1: If an aspen grove falls… thumbnail Photo by Will Sardinsky

    Since February 14, 2022, the popular backcountry recreation area Williams Peak, located along Four Mile Road, has undergone a transformation. A 90-acre “treatment area,” as it’s referred to by the Forest Service, sees a forest once so dense it required bush whacking to navigate, turning into a field… read more →

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    George Weber and Lynn Pulford prepare for life after CRMS

    George Weber and Lynn Pulford prepare for life after CRMS thumbnail George Weber and Lynn Pulford. Photo by Will Sardinsky

    Over the past 26 years, George Weber and Lynn Pulford have transformed Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) and, in return, it has transformed them. As they wrap up their final semester of teaching before retirement, they reflect on the value of their time there: introducing them to each other, giving… read more →

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    Sisu: like your life’s cup of coffee

    Sisu: like your life’s cup of coffee thumbnail Elliot Norquist gazes over the cross country tracks in Spring Gulch. Photo by Will Sardinsky

    “‘Sisu’ is a Finnish term and it means ‘enthusiasm, spirit, drive.’ All of the ingredients that you think of getting yourself going and being happy about what you’re doing and challenging yourself, that’s what ‘sisu’ is,” explained Elliot Norquist, Mount Sopris Nordic Council board member and trails/grooming manager. “‘Sisu’ is… read more →

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    Getting into good trouble

    Getting into good trouble thumbnail Seventh grade teacher Samara Doll teaches students about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork. Photo by Will Sardinsky

    While most schools in the Roaring Fork Valley, and the country, had Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork was in session.

    “Today we are choosing to intentionally hold school, because we wanted to bring all of our students, community and teachers… read more →

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    Aspiradoras de la tierra

    Aspiradoras de la tierra thumbnail ¡A trabajar! Goat Green LLC llevó sus 800 cabras al borde de la quema de Grizzly Creek para alimentarse de las hierbas invasivas allí, ayudando a prevenir futuros incendios. Foto por Will Sardinsky.

    Es posible que la Country Road 112 ha sido la más transitada hasta ahora. Sin embargo, el tráfico no fue de carros, sino de cabras. En una reciente mañana otoñal llena de rocío, Lani Malmberg y su hijo, Donny Benz, copropietarios de Goat Green LLC, llevaron 800 cabras por la… read more →

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    Vacuum cleaners for the land

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    Country Road 112 may have seen its most heavily-trafficked day yet. However, the traffic did not come from cars, but from goats. On a recent dewey fall morning, Lani Malmberg and her son, Donny Benz, co-owners of Goat Green LLC, ran 800 goats down the road to load them… read more →