Roaring Fork River

February 4, 2010--Spring runoff expected to be below average (Aspen Daily News)

This winter’s below average snowfall, as one might expect, indicates there could be a low runoff this spring. “The outlook for runoff in the Upper Colorado, North Platte, Yampa, White and South Platte rivers continues to call for well below average flows,” said Allen Green, state conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a department of the U.S.

November 17, 2009--State board approves water trust with PitCo (Aspen Daily)

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) on Monday approved a proposal from Pitkin County to hold 4.3 cubic feet per second of water in a trust in order to leave the water flowing down Maroon Creek and the Roaring Fork River.

September 8, 2009--Aspen’s runoff much higher than national average (Aspen Daily News)

Yet another way Aspen acts more like a big city than a town of 6,000 permanent residents is in what it dumps into its local waterway. Heavy commuter traffic, concentrated and high-paced construction activity and a developed ski mountain produce a lot of dirt and junk that, when unimpeded, wash into the Roaring Fork River.

June 27, 2009--County OK with Bass in river (Aspen Daily News)

Texas billionaire Ed Bass persuaded four out of five Pitkin County commissioners this week to approve his plan of using a trackhoe to reshape the Roaring Fork River channel where it runs along his property

June 26, 2009--Roaring Fork River near Aspen will see restoration work (Aspen Times)

Plans to dredge a slow, flat stretch of the Roaring Fork River east of Aspen won approval from Pitkin County commissioners Wednesday, but they put limits on how much nature can be manipulated.

June 15, 2009--Pitkin County commissioners wading into controversial river restoration (Aspen Times)

A plan to restore a stretch of the Roaring Fork River east of Aspen that initially pitted some environmental organizations against others and drew objections from neighbors will resurface Monday, when Pitk

April 10, 2009--Pitkin County ok's water advisers from outside county line (Aspen Times)

Pitkin County this week adopted a set of bylaws for the newly created Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund, setting up an advisory board with between five and seven members, up to two of whom can live outside P

April 9, 2009--Roaring Fork near Aspen to see restoration (Aspen Times)

A half-mile stretch of the Roaring Fork River 2 miles east of Aspen is slated for restoration work later this year, according to an announcement by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.
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