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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

PitCo takes feedback on planning trail to Crested Butte

Courtesy of Pitkin County Open Space and Trails

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails has started the intensive process to complete a trail that will span the Crystal River Valley.  

 

More than 130 people attended open houses last month about the trail, which will eventually connect Carbondale and Crested Butte. Today is the deadline to submit initial feedback online; staff said those comments will help inform route discussions later this year.

The planning process is expected to take a year. Open Space and Trails staff have received hundreds of comments so far, many focusing on concerns about protecting sensitive habitat and unique ecosystems.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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