We hope you have found ample time to enjoy experiences along the Uncompahgre River and its tributaries this year. 2026 was a really difficult year for Ouray County residents, businesses, and nonprofits including the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (UWP). The wildfire and flooding that followed record-breaking drought strained the Uncompahgre watershed, creating conditions that will take … Read more
Nature’s fury This summer, the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed is on the receiving end of a distressed climate. Rising temperatures, reduced snowpack, and catastrophic rain and thunder storms sunk the watershed into extreme drought and heat records that led to and fed the Gold Mountain Fire and flash flooding. Many local families, businesses, and organizations are … Read more
Diverse professionals, researchers, policymakers and others interested in water quality will gather in Durango on August 30 to September 2 to share perspectives and expertise about mining and its impacts. Trout Unlimited is bringing the semiannual Rocky Mountain Mining & Reclamation Conference back to Durango, for the first time since 2016. Trout Unlimited (TU), a … Read more
