In the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed, many of the metals harmful to aquatic life are brought into the river by natural erosion and acidic water drainage from mines and other exposed rock. Most of this metal-contaminated water drains first into Red Mountain Creek and Sneffels Creek, and then into the Uncompahgre River. These graphs show … 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
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
