A stream like the Uncompahgre River transports many substances as it flows through a variety of geologic, land use, vegetation, and urban areas. The substances include suspended bits of soil and rock, organic material, nutrients, bacteria, and dissolved and undissolved metals. Suspended materials, particularly those containing metals like iron, can produce different colors in streams … Read more
River Watch Data Summary (2019-2021) and Review of WQCC 2022 Regulation 93 – 303(d) List of Impaired Waters UWP has participated in the Colorado Parks and Wildlife River Watch Program since 2013. Previous UWP reports summarized River Watch data through 2018. Since then, six UWP volunteers have collected water quality samples at six to eleven … Read more
Trout Unlimited (hereinafter referred to as “TU”) through a partnership Ouray Silver Mines, Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership, the Colorado Natural Resource Damage Program, and the United States Forest Service (USFS or FS hereafter), is seeking a contractor to provide equipment, labor and materials for restoration of abandoned mine lands at the Terrible and Virginius Mines near … Read more
