By Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio
April 1, 2021
Sara Tymczyszyn plants seeds at Highwater Farm near Silt. Although measuring soil moisture is relatively new for environmental scientists, it’s a practice that has a long history in farming. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
This soil moisture monitoring station near Glenwood Springs is one of 10 in the area. Gathering years of data from a range of locations helps researchers track long-term climate changes. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Elise Osenga checks one of Aspen Global Change Institute’s 10 soil moisture monitors in the Roaring Fork Valley. The data is used to determine how much runoff will reach rivers and reservoirs. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
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Above-average snowfall in March was great for skiing and raised the Roaring Fork Valley’s snowpack a modest amount at a critical time.
Snowmass picked up the most snowfall among Aspen Skiing Co.’s four ski areas in March with 68 inches, according to Skico’s records. That’s a foot above the ski area’s average snowfall of 56 inches for the month.
“The weather pattern really favored Snowmass,” said Jeff Hanle, Skico vice president of communications.
Snowmass received snow on 20 of 31 days for the month, including dumps of 8 inches on March 13 and another 11 inches on March 14. There was a surprise dump of 8.5 inches on March 29.
Even Syria doesn’t experience level of gun violence as U.S.
I wonder how Rep. Lauren Boebert would explain to Officer Talley’s seven children why her right to play with her toys is more important than their father’s life. She’d probably say I didn’t kill him. Some crazy Muslim did.
Yes, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is a Syrian who came to this country as a small child, and Syria probably has as many mentally ill people as most countries do. And they’ve been involved in a civil war for 10 years.
But even Syria doesn’t experience the level of gun violence we do. We lose 40,000 people per year because a radical fringe insists this country be an armed camp. That’s you, Rep. Boebert.
A longtime Roaring Fork Valley resident agreed to a plea bargain Wednesday in a case where he fired a handgun to break up a dogfight near Crown Mountain Park in January.
Robert Guion pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and tampering with evidence. Charges of felony menacing and disorderly conduct were dropped by the Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Guion faced a possible sentence of 12 to 18 months of imprisonment and a fine for tampering with physical evidence, a class-six felony. He faced a possible sentence of six months in jail and a fine for reckless endangerment, a class-three misdemeanor.
Instead, under terms of the plea agreement, he was given a deferred judgment where the guilty pleas will be removed from his record if he stays out of trouble for the next two years while under supervision of the probation office. The sentence by Eagle County District Judge Paul Dunkelman also requires Guion to perform 72 hours of useful public service and attend a firearm