Carbondale Public Works held a meeting on March 26 with Crystal River water managers (ranchers and farmers) to begin discussions on the Crystal’s water usage this coming summer. The initiative comes in the wake of record-low snowpack this past winter and anticipated very low flows in the Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers. The gathering, organized […]
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The day Secretary Haaland came to town
Ahead of a speaking event at Sopris Park on Monday, July 1, U.S. Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland joined Senator Michael Bennet and a few local Thompson Divide advocates, including locally elected officials, for a short hike on the Lorax Trail off of Thompson Creek Road. Later, at the Gazebo, the secretary and senator sat […]
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Crystal River community summit sees massive turnout
Lots of people made the haul over to Marble to attend the first in-person public input session of the most recent stakeholder process concerning the fate of the Crystal River. Cars were parked bumper to bumper along West Park Street leading to the fire station, where the community summit took place. The facilitators, Wendy Lowe […]
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Wolves are coming: Livestock growers voice concerns
“Wolves are coming!” was an oft-repeated statement at Saturday’s Holy Cross Cattlemen’s Association meeting in Rifle. And, indeed, they are. In fact, if all goes according to plan, wolves will be released into Colorado in December of this year. But, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) draft plan, made public in December 2022, is complicated. Reid […]
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Carbondale ranch, water trust launch second effort to boost Crystal River flows
Courtesy of Fresh Water News In July, Cold Mountain Ranch and the Colorado Water Trust penned an agreement they hope will improve the Crystal River’s streamflow in dry years. The contract compensates the ranch owners, Bill Fales and Marj Perry, for adjusting the timing of their water diversions when late summer flows dip. The Crystal […]
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El público informa restauración del lobo
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Los lobos son depredadores y los humanos también. Por eso, respetar el espacio del otro, dicen los expertos, es clave para evitar conflictos entre ambos. Según el sitio web del centro internacional del lobo (wolf.org), “las lesiones que se han producido [a los humanos] fueron causadas por unos pocos lobos que […]
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Public informs wolf restoration policy
Wolves are predators and so are humans. Therefore, respecting each other’s space, experts say, is key to avoiding conflict between the two. According to the International Wolf Center’s website (wolf.org), “The injuries that have occurred [to humans] were caused by a few wolves that became fearless of humans due to habituation. Nonetheless, like bears and […]