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Way back in February Emily Guerin wrote an article titled “How to Clean Up Abandoned Mines – Without Landing In Court”, which was accompanied by this great flow chart.  We just had to share it with our friends in the … Continue reading →

The UWP celebrated Earth Day 2013 again with the Ridgway 4th Graders, Top of the Pines Board Member Chris Haaland, and the Ouray County Weed Manager, Ron Mabry! Together, we completed a service project at Top of the Pines. We … Continue reading →

Last week, the UWP, along with the Mountain Studies Institute, Lake Fork Valley Conservancy and Hinsdale County, successfully celebrated our 3rd Annual San Juan Mining Conference in Lake City, CO. Thanks to our generous and supportive sponsors (listed below), we … Continue reading →

Thanks to Camille Price from the Colorado Division of Mining Reclamation and Safety, speakers from a variety of involved parties came to the Ouray Community Center to give a public update on the Idarado Mine Remediation Project. Larry Fiske of … Continue reading →

Thanks to Joe from the Trail Town Still, we had a successful trivia night once again. On Wednesday, February 27, community members gathered to show off their knowledge and enjoy some delicious special cocktails prepared by Joe and Danielle. Congrats … Continue reading →

The UWP is proud to announce that or organization was chosen to be highlighted by the Colorado Watershed Assembly this week! Thank you to Erika Shioya and the rest of the folks at CWA for selecting us! To read our … Continue reading →

Due to uncooperative weather, the UWP and Don Paulson decided to postpone the Mine Tour one week — and good thing we did! The weather was fantastic on our warm Saturday morning on February 2. Over a dozen folks came … Continue reading →

Get ready for this Saturday! Don Paulson will be leading the UWP and other folks from the community on a ski/snowshoe tour of the local mines in Ouray. We are ecstatic to have Dr. Paulson, a local recognized mining expert, … Continue reading →

This year’s Wine, Chocolate and Cheese Festival was the most successful yet! On the evening of December 8, 2012, Faith Parry from the Morning Song B&B organized a fabulous gathering of local vintners, cheese-makers, chocolatiers, distillers and crafters for community … Continue reading →

On Thursday, November 29, the Sherbino Theater hosted the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership in their screening of “Watershed”, a Robert Redford film. The movie discusses issues within the Colorado River Basin, such as issues with water rights, droughts and pollution. More … Continue reading →