We’re on track to have a banner year when it comes to rain and snow. While we don’t know how much has fallen on each and every acre, we have a good idea of the big picture from cumulative precipitation (aka accumulated inches of water from rain and snow in any one spot over a given period of time). This is measured at weather … Read more
Troy Youngfleish of Telluride Angler (left) and Heather Patterson of RIGS Fly Shop & Guide Service present a donation check for $9,000 raised at A Benefit for the Uncompahgre River and Fly Fishing Film Tour showing on March 18 to Tanya Ishikawa of Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership (middle). The funds are reserved for river conservation and … Read more
Snowpack is the snow that accumulates on the ground. When it melts as liquid water, it supplies much of the streamflow in streams and rivers, especially in a mountainous watershed like the Uncompahgre. Snowpack varies considerably over time and space according to local conditions like air temperature, relative humidity, wind, slope, and sun exposure. It … Read more
