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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.

BLM Kicks Off Public Process For Sutey Ranch

Courtesy of Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is looking for public input as it starts planning what to do with land it acquired near Carbondale last year.

 

The BLM traded nearly 1,500 acres of land near the base of Mount Sopris for two properties totaling 670 acres of once-private land that is close to popular recreation areas.

The BLM is now planning how it will manage Sutey Ranch, which is north of Carbondale adjacent to Red Hill, and the so-called Haines Parcel, which borders Prince Creek south of town.

There are options for recreation in both places, including connections to popular existing trails. Sutey Ranch also provides important habitat for elk and deer. The public can give feedback and input at an open house Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at the Third Street Center in Carbondale.

 

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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