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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.

Local filmmaker presents at MountainSummit

Courtesy of Pete McBride

Local photographer and filmmaker Peter McBride will be featured tonight as part of the MountainSummit: Mountainfilm festival.

McBride and fellow adventure-filmmaker Jake Norton followed the Ganges River from its source in the Himalayas to the sea. McBride’s research shows this river has some unusual properties.

“It cleans itself faster than any river on the planet, yet it’s also one of the most contaminated rivers on the planet,” McBride said.

McBride will also present a slideshow about a project he just wrapped up for National Geographic in which he and writer Kevin Fedarko walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon. The article discusses some of the major challenges facing the iconic National Park, as the park service celebrates its centennial anniversary.

 

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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