Introducing UWP’s New Communications Coordinator Happy autumn! It’s a colorful season of change as I begin contributing to the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership’s work on protecting and restoring the Uncompahgre River and its tributaries. My first couple weeks as UWP’s new communications coordinator have been pretty busy. Just as I started in … Read more
“I’m a water guy…anything that deals with water, fish and wildlife.” “I want the county to grow in a well thought out manner, not chaotic growth. … We need to be vigilant and proactive; not reactive.” – quotes from Dennis Murphy in Concern for health, welfare and safety of the community, an interview by Gail Marvel, in the Oct. … Read more
Due to public interest in the impact of the reservoir’s sediment flushing on the Uncompahgre River, former UWP Coordinator Agnieszka Przeszlowska and the Ouray Public Health Director collected river water samples in the week following the flushing. The samples are being analyzed for heavy metal content at labs to understand some of the … Read more
