Curtis Wackerle
Editor at Aspen Journalism
Editor of Aspen Journalism. "The best investigative reports are those that force us to come to terms with our failings." — Daniel Schorr
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2 days ago |
aspenjournalism.org | Curtis Wackerle
Happy off season and thanks for reading the Roundup — the best way to stay up to date on all of Aspen Journalism’s reporting.
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3 weeks ago |
aspenjournalism.org | Curtis Wackerle
The two-part series on the history of the Aspen ski patrol unionization movement — unfolding over decades before the formation in 1986 of the Aspen Professional Ski Patrol Association, which remains the local patrol’s collective bargaining unit — was a reminder that the Aspen of today was forged through contentious battles of the past waged by a generation that believed in something.
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3 weeks ago |
aspenjournalism.org | Tim Cooney |Curtis Wackerle
In part two of the history of ski patrol unions (read part one here), a dramatic loss of benefits leads to the formation of the Aspen Professional Ski Patrol Association in 1986. As APSPA nears its 40th anniversary, the separate United Mountain Workers CWA local 7781 represents other ski patrols and mountain groups. To visitors and the community, the Aspen ski patrols could be the last stronghold of the inscrutable Aspen mystique.
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4 weeks ago |
aspenjournalism.org | Kaya Williams |Curtis Wackerle
St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass has been called a “sacred place in the sacred valley,” a “monastic Camelot,” and a “cathedral of nature” imbued with spiritual and environmental care. More than 3,700 acres encompass irrigated ranchland, a historic chapel and cloisters, a contemporary retreat center and an abundance of open space — shrubby hillsides, dense forests and sprawling fields, stewarded for nearly 70 years by monks with a deep respect for the natural world.
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1 month ago |
aspenjournalism.org | Tim Cooney |Curtis Wackerle
“When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion,” Ethiopian proverbIn the first of a two-part story, the history of ski patrol unions unfolds in Aspen between 1959-1986, leading to the Aspen Professional Ski Patrol Association. Next week’s second installment will follow APSPA’s perilous path through changing management groups to the present, their dramatic confrontations and the rise of the national United Mountain Workers CWA 7781 union.
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Marble has a tricky issue on its hands. Fascinating study of a unique gateway community grappling with intensifying impacts. Important work underway is helping to define the problem, map out solutions.
A stakeholder group is learning there are significant barriers to enacting a permit system for recreational use of the USFS roads. "it’s not a realistic response and we talked at length about why that is,” says a facilitator. https://t.co/6GAPZ7XoOW
RT @AspenJournalism: Protection of the historic riverside ranch near Carbondale anchors a unique habitat and speaks to future open space ne…
RT @ACESaspen: Thank you @CurtisWackerle and @AspenJournalism for a fantastic article about @photogpedro's new book, "Seeing Silence: The B…