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Pitkin County will contribute up to $200,000 to begin a process to figure out how to mitigate the massive amount of methane gas seeping out of former coalmines in Coal Basin above Redstone.
The NOAA has almost a century of data on the snowpack that feeds the Colorado River, and it shows lighter snows and higher temperatures over time. But we compare temperature and precipitation totals to 30-year averages that shift every decade, which may be skewing our understanding of snowpack dynamics.
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The sustained cold temperatures followed by a thaw have produced several ice jam releases on the Roaring Fork River this winter. Tuesday brought a prolific one.
The Basalt-based Roaring Fork Conservancy celebrated its 25th anniversary this month. The changes wrought by climate change mean the conservancy will have plenty of issues to work on in the next 25 years.