UWP Fall 2016 Newsletter… sampling and remediating water quality in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado


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…

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Plaindealer features 2016 summer mine remediation work


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…

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UWP Spring 2016 Quarterly Newsletter


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…

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


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….

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