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The UGRWCD Board of Directors Meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM.
The Board of Directors of the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) will hold their July meeting on Monday, July 27, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at 210 West Spencer Avenue, Suite A, Gunnison, Colorado, and via Zoom video/teleconferencing. The public is welcome.
If you plan to attend this meeting via Zoom video/teleconferencing, please use the following link to pre-register for the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Icw9Qi9NRL6wFQMvIaum0A
For the UGRWCD meeting agenda for July 27, 2026, please click 260727 Agenda with WAE DRAFT_final. To review the Board meeting packet for the July 27, 2026 meeting, please click 260727 Board Meeting and WAE Meeting Packet.
Questions? Please call the District at (970) 641-6065.
meeting minutes
For copies of minutes from meetings prior to January 8, 2024, please contact the district office at (970)641-6065. Thank you!
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