Main MenuThis progress report serves as a summary of activities implemented under the 2015 RCPP project entitled Modernizing Agricultural Water Management in the Lower Gunnison River Basin: A Cooperative Approach to Increased Water Use Efficiency and Water-Quality Improvement (hereinafter referred to as the Lower Gunnison Project or LGP). The purpose of this project is to protect and enhance targeted natural resources through the development and implementation of a coordinated off- and on-farm irrigation efficiency improvement program [Read More...]
NEWS to Celebrate! Water success stories are rare but here’s some good news about the management of selenium in the Lower Gunnison River In this KVNF Regional Newscast with Gavin Dahl & Kate Redmond, Kate interview Dave Kanzer, beginning at the 2 minute 36 second mark. https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kvnf/audio/2021/09/KVNFnewscastSep7.mp3 River selenium-control efforts achieve milestone Years of work on things such as irrigation efficiency have led to dissolved selenium levels in the lower Gunnison River falling low [Read More...]
Report on the evolution, progression and primary findings of efficient irrigation approaches over a 5-year study period. Executive Summary of the report. No Chico Brush: Farmers Engaged in Soil Health and Irrigation Efficiency Research Organization A group of farmers in the Lower Gunnison River Basin, across Montrose and Delta Counties, have come together to proactively address concerns regarding the future of irrigated agriculture. Since 2013, a core group of concerned [Read More...]
Multiple efforts to address elevated selenium concentrations in the Lower Gunnison and Colorado Rivers within Colorado are on-going The most active effort is related to the Selenium Management Program (SMP) facilitated by the US Bureau of Reclamation. Details and archives can be found here Additionally – there is a voluntary group of landowners, water users and agency folks working in a cooperative and proactive fashion to “protect the agricultural heritage” of the basin. In [Read More...]
Colorado River District Spotlights Projects Protecting West Slope Water As part of its Annual Water Seminar, the District highlighted key water projects benefiting all West Slope water users The Colorado River District works across the West Slope to improve infrastructure and restore rivers as part of its work to protect water supplies for all stakeholders. At the District’s virtual Annual Water Seminar: Zooming in on West Slope Water on Tuesday, speakers highlighted three projects that [Read More...]
Monthly Newsletter summer 2020 For best viewing Click here water News & basin Developments Summer of 2020: UN-like Any Other; Business as (UN)-Usual Kathleen’s Korner – Musings from the Chair of the Gunnison Basin Roundtable Now that it is time to put up hay in Gunnison country, the rains have come. For folks not in the hay business – rain and baling hay are not a good combination. But as my husband says, if you are [Read More...]