UWP mine remediation projects featured in article on mine spill into Animas River

“The Gold King Mine spill is very unfortunate. But it is also bringing public awareness to the magnitude of water quality problems associated with abandoned mines in our region and highlights the need for more remediation,” said Przeszlowska. “The Uncompahgre River headwaters are defined by the same highly mineralized Silverton Caldera as the Animas watershed and numerous abandoned mines also exist in the Uncompahgre … Read more

2014 Annual Newsletter

Read about projects, events and people who contributed to the restoration and protection of the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed in 2014 in the 2014 Annual Newsletter. UWP Coordinator Agnieszka Przeszlowska and UWP Vista Rhianna Williams

Climate in the Uncompahgre Watershed

Did you know that the Uncompahgre river (the largest tributary to the Gunnison River) is approximately 75 miles long from the headwaters in Lake Como to it’s mouth in Delta?  In that journey it drops about 7,300 ft.  That is two and a half times the height of the world’s tallest building in Dubai, or … Read more

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