Basalt Whitewater Park

On Tuesday, Pitkin County commissioners and Basalt town council members will hear an update on plans to upgrade the areas surrounding the whitewater park.…

Changes to the Basalt whitewater park are nearly complete, just in time to protect fish. A section of the Roaring Fork River, just upstream from Basalt,…

Welcome to Valley Roundup. I’m Carolyn Sackariason. Joining me in the studio this week are Brent Gardner-Smith, executive director of Aspen Journalism and…

Pitkin County is five months into the construction of a whitewater park in Basalt. Crews with excavators and hand shovels are at work in the empty…

Pitkin County is the only county in the state that has a fund dedicated to protecting the health of rivers. The Healthy Rivers and Streams board oversees…