How Vail was ahead of its time with its first roundabout, why enviros cheer new transportation rules, and a new environmental justice advocate within C-DOT
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There Will Be Fire: Colorado arrives at the dawn of megafires
Why East Troublesome was Colorado’s most disturbing fire in 2020. And how the briskly warming climate may put Vail, Aspen and others in the paths of megafires.
Coronavirus exposes need for bigger chunks of open lands amid urban fabric
During a time of stay-at-home orders, many people in metropolitan Denver and other parts of the rapidly urbanizing northern Front Range have few options for getting outdoors in a satisfying way. More local or at least regional chunks of open space are needed as Colorado adds nearly 3 million people during the next 30 years.
Pearl Harbor altered Colorado’s path after 1941, and Covid-19 will also
Colorado would have had Aspen and Vail ski resorts, a tunnel under the Continental Divide, and water diversions. But Pearl Harbor altered the timing and the players, just as Covid-19 is sure to alter Colorado’s history going forward.
