UWP Communications
October 27, 2022, 8:45am-1:30pm; Montrose County Fair Grounds, 1001 N 2nd St, Montrose, CO Register now while you can still get a seat on the tour bus! This year’s tour from the Shavano Conservation District features guest speaker Rick Strait, New Mexico State Soil Scientist. Using dye tests at each of the soil pits on the … Read more
Also see San Juan Mining & Reclamation website: https://www.mountainstudies.org/sjmrc
The Uncompahgre River is typically a yellowish color due to high metal concentrations from the highly mineralized mountains and abandoned hard-rock mines upstream. This summer it ran deep orange several times due to the heavy rains that sent even more sediment flowing into the river between Ouray and Ridgway. Similarly, streams in southeastern Ohio run … Read more
