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...]
Gunnison River Basin: Lower Gunnison Project (LGP) The Lower Gunnison Project is a cooperative-funded series of projects designed to boost agricultural water use efficiency. It involves two types of improvement activities on-farm water application, and off-farm conveyance projects, in four distinct focus areas: Bostwick Park Water Conservancy District, Crawford Water Conservancy District, North Fork Water Conservancy District and the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association project area (more background info and LGP FAQ below) North Fork Valley [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 2018, [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...]
A Monthly Newsletter for Information on Water Resources january 2020 News, Events, and Funding Opportunities Gunnison River Basin Roundtable Join us! Monday, January 20, 4:00-7:00 pm Agenda & supporting documents Holiday Inn, Montrose, CO News From Around the Basin 2020 Funding Assistance Program – funding available for enhancing water supply or improving stream conditions Lower Gunnison Project RCPP On-Farm Update – funding awarded to help improve water efficiency in the Lower Gunnison Basin New Monitoring Program [Read More...]