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2023 District Grant Program Update
2023 District Grant Program Update The District is busy reviewing grant applications for its 2023 Grant Program and anticipates announcing the individuals and organizations who
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Update on Drought and Snow Conditions
Update on 2023 Drought and Snow Conditions For the first time since early in 2019, a large portion of the Upper Gunnison River Basin is
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Gunnison River Festival Announces Preliminary Schedule
GUNNISON RIVER FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE FOR 2023 In 2023, the Gunnison River Festival will be underwriting river recreational events happening all across the Gunnison
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Rosemary Carroll UGRWCD Board Member Profile
Rosemary Carroll – Board Profile Rosemary Carroll was appointed to the UGRWCD Board of Directors in August 2016 representing Division 5, Crested Butte. Her current
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Promoting Pollinators and Protecting Resources
Promoting Pollinators and Protecting Resources On June 8, 2022, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 22-1151 which allocates $2 million for a Turf Replacement
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Conservation through Wet Meadows Projects
CONSERVATION THROUGH WET MEADOWS PROJECTS by Cheryl Cwelich, Watershed Programs Coordinator In the early morning light, the rolling sagebrush landscape is a soft green and
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Sowing Seeds of Resiliency with Mark Tardiff
Sowing Seeds of Resiliency with Mark Tardiff As the monsoon clouds softly release some light raindrops, a hillside of colorful patches of Blue Flax, Showy
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Julie Nania UGRWCD Board Member Profile
Julie Nania was appointed to the UGRWCD Board of Directors in June 2017 representing Division 5, Crested Butte. Her current term, her second, expires in
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Colorado River Compact Part 2
Can the Law of the Colorado River Adapt to an Increasingly Drier Hydrology? A Two-Part Article by John McClow, UGRWCD Legal Counsel PART 2 –
Rebie Hazard UGRWCD Board Member Profile Copy Copy
Rebie Hazard was appointed to the UGRWCD Board of Directors in June 2003 representing Division 2, Saguache County. Her current term expires in 2023. She
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2022 Grant Funding Announced
UGRWCD MAKES 2022 FUNDING ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDS The Board of Directors of the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) voted recently to award over
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Andy Spann UGRWCD Board Member Profile
Andrew “Andy” Spann was appointed to the UGRWCD Board of Directors in June 2016 representing Division 7, Gunnison River Basin. Andy’s current term expires in
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Gunnison River Festival Announces 20th Anniversary and NEW Events
JUNE 10-12, 2022 – GUNNISON RIVER FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY AND NEW EVENTS! The 20th Anniversary of the Gunnison River Festival will be celebrated
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Save the Date for 2022 Gunnison River Festival
JUNE 10-12, 2022 – SAVE THE DATE FOR THE GUNNISON RIVER FESTIVAL! It’s hard to believe it has been 20 years since Bob Jones and
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Colorado River Compact
Can the Law of the Colorado River Adapt to an Increasingly Drier Hydrology? A Two-Part Article by John McClow, UGRWCD Legal Counsel The Gunnison River
Cheryl Cwelich Joins UGRWCD Staff
Cheryl Cwelich joins the UGRWCD staff as the Watershed Program Coordinator, which involves leading all aspects of the collaborative Wet Meadow Restoration-Resilience Project, as well
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Grant Program to Improve Our Water
The UGRWCD’s Grant Program, which began in 2009 with a handful of applications, has now grown where the District annually receives 15-20 applications for a
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John Perusek UGRWCD Board Member Profile
John Perusek was appointed to the UGRWCD Board of Directors in February 2018 representing Division 8, the City of Gunnison. John currently serves as the
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It Takes A Community
It started as a grant application to the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) from an area agricultural producer who wanted to improve
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Easy Money Through Mini-Grants
At the UGRWCD, we believe that most residents of our District understand the importance of responsible water use and water conservation, but sometimes an educational
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UGRWCD Programs and Partnerships
In the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District’s (UGRWCD) sixty-year history, we have been involved in many programs aimed at benefitting water users in the
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Bill Nesbitt UGRWCD Board Member Profile
Bill Nesbitt was appointed to the UGRWCD Board of Directors in June 2008 representing Division 8, the City of Gunnison. Bill currently serves as the
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UG Basin Meadow and Riparian Restoration Project (Wet Meadows)
It begins with a faint sound, a chuckling burble, like a mountain stream running under a foot of new snow. Except there is no snow
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Gunnison River Festival 2021
The 18th Annual Gunnison River Festival was held June 11-13, 2021 with three great days of “Celebrating the Rivers” of the Upper Gunnison Basin, including
Drought Conditions Stay Strong on the Western Slope
Beverly Richards, UGRWCD Water Resource Specialist As spring runoff begins, water managers on the Western Slope turn to drought predictions for the season and well
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CWCB Demand Management Statement
Following nearly two years of stakeholder discussions and input from Coloradans across the state and from various sectors, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) released