The UWP celebrated Earth Day 2013 again with the Ridgway 4th Graders, Top of the Pines Board Member Chris Haaland, and the Ouray County Weed Manager, Ron Mabry! Together, we completed a service project at Top of the Pines. We cleaned up organic brush and twigs, planted over 20 trees and seeded some of the … Read more
Last week, the UWP, along with the Mountain Studies Institute, Lake Fork Valley Conservancy and Hinsdale County, successfully celebrated our 3rd Annual San Juan Mining Conference in Lake City, CO. Thanks to our generous and supportive sponsors (listed below), we welcomed speakers from all over the San Juan Mountains to talk about specific mine case … Read more
Thanks to Camille Price from the Colorado Division of Mining Reclamation and Safety, speakers from a variety of involved parties came to the Ouray Community Center to give a public update on the Idarado Mine Remediation Project. Larry Fiske of Newmont Mining Company, Sherm Worthington of Worthington-Miller Environmental LLC, and Doug Jamison of the Colorado … Read more
