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This spring, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) completed its analysis of the Marble wetlands site and determined that contaminant levels in the material are within the range considered to be non-threatening to human health for a day-use recreation site.

Pitkin County commissioners on Wednesday approved a distillery and three employee housing units for the site of a former lumberyard near Basalt.

There are countless shining examples year-round of Roaring Fork Valley residents taking action to benefit the environment. Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and Roaring Fork Conservancy have outstanding educational programs to nurture a connection with nature among students. Aspen Valley Land Trust works with ranchers and other landowners to conserve vistas and sensitive lands from development. Wilderness Workshop fights to protect the most important unspoiled lands for people and wildlife...

The Roaring Fork Conservancy will be asking people to volunteer their time to clean up stretches of the river on their own between April 19-23 this year. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) Diehard river lovers didn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent them from picking up trash along the Fryingpan, Crystal and Roaring Fork last April. The Roaring Fork Conservancy is hoping for an even bigger turnout this year. The Basalt-based conservancy is hosting its Fryingpan and Beyond Cleanup on April 19-2...

The Roaring Fork Conservancy will be asking people to volunteer their time to clean up stretches of the river on their own between April 19-23 this year. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) Diehard river lovers didn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent them from picking up trash along the Fryingpan, Crystal and Roaring Fork last April. The Roaring Fork Conservancy is hoping for an even bigger turnout this year. The Basalt-based conservancy is hosting its Fryingpan and Beyond Cleanup on April 19-2...

An axiom says the flood follows fire. The U.S. Forest Service and partners are working to determine potential problems in the 32,600-acre Grizzly Creek fire burn scar and steps to ease the risks this year in Glenwood Canyon.

Aspen Journalism Work currently underway in the Roaring Fork River between old town Basalt and Willits will make for a smoother ride for boaters beginning this spring. The project, with an estimated price tag of $935,000, requires a temporary cofferdam during construction across much of the river’s channel, with heavy machinery in the exposed river bed. It will create two new “grade-control” structures to replace a weir that was used to channel water toward a diversion for the Robinson Di...

With the current weather conditions expected to last into the weekend, those fishing or recreating on a midvalley stretch of the Roaring Fork River this week need to be careful of more ice breaks and high water, officials are warning. There have been at least two ice jam releases in the past month, and the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction has issued a “hydrologic advisory” through 3:15 p.m. Sunday for the section of the river from Snowmass Canyon to Carbondale. Kris Sanders...

Share to Facebook Post to Twitter Email Marble Quarry seen fr om Yule Creek Road , August 2019. Photo by John Armstrong. CVEPA Views by John Armstrong After a brief review of numerous formal requests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied a public hearing to review the Marble Quarry’s illegal and unpermitted burial of Yule Creek above the town of Marble. The Corps states, “We do not believe there would be a valid interest served” b...

Aspen Journalism The Crystal River flows through the town of Marble just after its confluence with YuleCreek. Gunnison County, Pitkin County and local environmental groups want to see a marble mining company mitigate its illegal relocation of a creek by improving downstream riparian habitat. (Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism) MARBLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied local groups’ request for a public hearing in the case of a marble quarry that violated the Clean Water Act. In a ...