UWP Communications

Mine Remediation Projects Make Front Page of Montrose Daily Press

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FEATURED: Cleaner watershed Projects divert heavy metal from Uncompahgre By Katharhynn Heidelberg, Montrose Daily Press Senior Writer, Oct. 22, 2015 Two abandoned mines in the Uncompahgre watershed are no longer leaking heavy metals into the waterways, after successful mediation projects. The Uncompahgre Valley Watershed Partnership, with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Division … Read more

Michael Breen & Vernon Mine Remediation Projects Article Published in Montrose Mirror

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Heavy Metal Pollution Diverted from Uncompahgre River By Tanya Ishikawa, UWP Communications Coordinator RIDGWAY-The Uncompahgre River should be running a little bit cleaner this fall after contaminated water flows from abandoned mines were remediated this summer. The Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (UWP), a nonprofit in Ouray County focused on river restoration and preservation, completed two mine remediation … Read more

UWP report on Ouray Hydropower Dam flush cited in Durango Herald article

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Though this article shared some important information about the problem of heavy metals in the local watershed, the photo that appeared with the article was inaccurately described as the Uncompahgre River.In fact, it was a photo of Red Mountain Creek, an upstream tributary of the Uncompahgre that is not impacted by the Ouray Hyrdropower Dam flush, … Read more

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