Happy Fall Colors! Students are back in school. Temperatures are dropping. Plants are preparing for winter. Water flows have decreased dramatically. At the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (UWP), we are finishing up some mine remediation and water sampling projects, after a busy summer that included the Ridgway RiverFest and the San Juan Mining & Reclamation Conference. … Read more
Projects use creative techniques to mitigate mine pollution by Tori Sheets tori@ouraynews.com Sneffels Creek will run more clearly after completion of a bank stabilization project designed to divert the creek away from mine tailings at the abandoned Atlas Mill. The mill is just east of the Ouray Silver Mine, formerly the Revenue Mine, and its tailings are laden … Read more
In this Issue… – New RiverFest coordinator and call for Riverfest sponsors – New board members and board officers – New tax credit option for donors – Call for volunteers for May Park Clean Up – Return of watershed education for elementary school students – Plans for 2016 mine remediation: Michael Breen signage and Atlas … Read more
