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Native youths train with Aspen-based nonprofit to be the first to kayak the Klamath River after dam removal
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Future of Glenwood's Three Mile Mobile Home Park up in the air
The future is uncertain for the residents of Three Mile Mobile Home Park in Glenwood Springs. Social-justice nonprofit Manaus has been working to secure financing and purchase the park for $2.4 million so they can sell it back to the residents under a relaxed timetable, but a volatile real estate market has made for a difficult process. (Aspen Public Radio received a $5,000 grant from Manaus in 2022.)
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO・ 3 HOURS AGO
New Mexico bird die-off example of 'disaster ecology' in Mountain West
Thousands of birds migrating across New Mexico dropped dead in the fall of 2020 and researchers now link the event to extreme temperature and climate conditions. They call it an example of "disaster ecology" – how one extreme variable or disaster impacts an ecosystem. In this case, the air was thick with wildfire smoke when the temperatures swung from around 100 degrees to almost freezing. The drought didn't help either.
COLORADO STATE・ 11 HOURS AGO
Young skiers and snowboarders find role models at the Winter X Games in Aspen
Perched on the sidelines of the SuperPipe at this weekend's Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain, 9-year-old freestyle skier Soren Elisha already has a pretty good idea of who he'd like to be when he grows up. "I want to be like Alex Ferreira," Soren said. He considers...
ASPEN, CO・ 8 HOURS AGO
Effort to expand substance abuse treatment in schools advances at the statehouse
A proposal for expanding student substance abuse treatment services in middle and high schools is working its way through the state legislature. Under HB23-1009, a new committee in the Department of Education would be tasked with developing a system for identifying and addressing substance misuse that could be used by schools across the state.
COLORADO STATE・ 2 DAYS AGO