Heather Sackett
Heather Sackett is the managing editor at Aspen Journalism. She has also reported for The Denver Post and the Telluride Daily Planet. Heather has a master’s degree from CU’s Center for Environmental Journalism and her reporting has been recognized by the Colorado Press Association.
In dry years, Colorado’s Crystal River runs at a trickle — but why?
A historic drought driven by climate change and temperatures that creep ever higher are partly to blame, but the factors that lead to a dry river bed are many.