Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism

Heather Sackett is the managing editor at Aspen Journalism and the editor and reporter on the Water Desk. She has also reported for The Denver Post and the Telluride Daily Planet. Heather has a master’s degree from CU’s Center for Environmental Journalism and her reporting has been recognized by the Colorado Press Association.

Environment

Upper Colorado River officials release details of water savings program

Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism

Upper Colorado River basin officials have released details of a conservation program that would pay water users to reduce their use of Colorado River water, with the goal of implementing it as soon as this summer.
Environment

Western Colorado Water Purchases Are Stirring Up Worries About The Future Of Farming

Luke Runyon

For five years, Zay Lopez tended vegetables, hayfields and cornfields, chickens, and a small flock of sheep here on the western edge of Colorado's Grand...