US Forest Service

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Colorado's trails and mountain roads are cherished by both locals and visitors. Many of these routes are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which is currently surveying visitor traffic in the southwest and central Rockies.

Trails in the immensely popular Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness have received a very special update. KDNK’s Hattison Rensberry spoke with Defiende Nuestra Tierra’s director Omar Sarabia about the new changes and future plans.

Nationally popularized, local gem Hanging Lake will be receiving some much-needed updates this summer.KDNK News Director Hattison Rensberry has the details.

Amy Hadden Marsh brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.

On this episode of This I Remember, Marge Valesky and Mary Ferguson discuss the establishment of Sopris Park in downtown Carbondale. Valesky arrived in Carbondale in 1954, and by 1967 she was deeply involved in those efforts. Listeners will also learn what used to be where Carbondale's 7-Eleven is now (spoiler: no roundabout, gas station, or even CO-133), and plenty about how scary the roads and bridges in town used to be in winter.

The U.S. Forest Service has fenced off the Aspen/Sopris Ranger District property in downtown Carbondale in preparation for demolition of the 1930s-era buildings and likely many surrounding trees. But, before the fence went up, locals gathered for a vigil on First Friday. KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh has this report.

KDNK reporter Amy Hadden Marsh gives an overview on a recent forest service feedback forum.

Advocates are hopeful that a legislative fix will come in time to avoid those cuts, but for now thousands of federal firefighters are out on the line with the Sept. 30 deadline fast approaching.

On this week's episode of Everything Under the Sun, host James Steindler interviews Heather Sackett of the nonprofit Aspen Journalism about her recent article, “Studies say Janeway site promising for Crystal River backup water supply."