Environment

Rex and JoAnn Coffman have been ranching in Carbondale for more than 60 years. Now in their 90s, they recently sold their 141-acre homestead to the Aspen Valley Land Trust. Aspen Public Radio visited the Coffmans at their historic ranch and sent this audio postcard.

Sitting in front of a large computer monitor in the back of a Pilatus PC-12 airplane parked at the Centennial Airport, firefighter Adam Hanson says his work feels more important this year than it ever has before.

Aspen Public Radio reporter Halle Zander spoke to The Aspen Times’ Scott Condon about the plan for the Pandora’s area and about the reluctance by some Pitkin County commissioners to approve it.

The Caldor fire at Lake Tahoe has burned more than 200,000 acres. It begs this question: Could the same type of wildfire burn in Aspen?

The federal government declared a water shortage for much of the Southwest last week, resulting in the first ever mandatory cutbacks for some who draw from the Colorado River. As two decades of drought, increased demand and climate change cut deep into the West’s water supply, the region is looking ahead to a future where supplies might drop further still.

A new coffee table book from The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies documents Aspen’s surroundings through photos and essays. The book is called “The…

Earlier this month, the Trump administration weakened the National Environmental Policy Act, a 50-year-old rule meant to limit the environmental impact of…

Local governments have been hit hard during an economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Aspen projected a $25 million dollar loss in…

Roles are reversed for some local, state and federal policy makers at Thursday’s Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit in Carbondale.Over 100 students from…

A bill to protect 400,000 acres of public lands in Colorado passed out of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday. The Colorado Outdoor…