‘You need to have a fair bit of data’ - Aspen Journalism

‘You need to have a fair bit of data’ - Aspen Journalism

High above Aspen at 11,400 feet, past the ghost town of Ruby, at the end of a rough dirt road surrounded by willows and ramshackle cabins, Lincoln Creek runs clean and clear. The mountain stream is barely more than a trickle at its headwaters, but it still supports fish that dart and hide in the cool shadows. But just a few hundred yards downstream, the creek begins to turn foul.  First by what appears to be a small tributary or groundwater that…