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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.

Prince Creek to see new trail, parking lot

Courtesy of Pitkin County Open Space and Trails

Mountain bikers and hikers will see some changes at Prince Creek this summer, and the public can give input this week.

 

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails is starting to plan for a trail and a parking lot along Prince Creek Road near Carbondale. The road leads to popular mountain bike and hiking trails. Officials with Open Space and Trails say the goal is to separate bike and pedestrian traffic from cars on the road.

The Bureau of Land Management is also working on an existing trail network that sits on property the federal agency acquired in a land exchange earlier this year. Those trails are open, and David Boyd with the BLM said the agency is coordinating with Pitkin County to create easy connections.

There is an open house this Wednesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the community room at Carbondale Town Hall. Open Space and Trails staff expects to have a draft plan by early June, with some work beginning in July.

 

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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