Gunnison National Park
January 2, 2008--Contaminated water treatment considered (Crested Butte News)
New information obtained through two recently completed studies may help with reclamation efforts at the Standard Mine and allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to treat less contaminated
November 17, 2007--Final decree seen in compact lawsuit (Pueblo Chieftain)
A proposed final decree in the Kansas v. Colorado lawsuit over the Arkansas River Compact is expected by the end of the year.
May 9, 2007--Salazar hopes Colorado will work with Gunnison landowners on water rights (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
Ranchers and farmers in the Upper Gunnison River Basin should be protected as the Colorado water court weighs the water right for a national park...The federal government has reached more than 100 sti
May 3, 2007--State refiles objections, renews ire (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
The State Attorney General's Office filed a motion in Montrose Water Court that restates objections to stipulations benefiting Gunnison Basin water users by giving their water priority over thos
February 21, 2007--Runoff concern has watch on water (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
Water managers worried about dismal spring runoff this year have cut back the amount of water released into the Gunnison River through Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park...The lack of snowpack
January 22, 2007--Harris Sherman's to-do list (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
[EDITORIAL]...Near the top of Sherman's to-do list will be the enormously complex challenge of resolving that not-so-niggling matter of finally quantifying a federal water right for the Black Canyon o
January 28, 2007--Don't Waste the Money (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
[EDITORIAL] State water officials and Western Slope lawmakers are looking at a water appropriations bill that could lead to a study examining the possible availability of water in Blue Mesa Reservoir
January 9, 2007--Possible Reservoir Feasibility Study Angers Some at Meeting (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
A possible $500,000 feasibility study for a Blue Mesa Reservoir pumpback proposal sparked the ire of the Gunnison Basin Roundtable members. Generally unhappy about the the possibility of water being pumped to the Front Range from Mesa Reservoir, roundtable members disagreed about the possibility without knowing whether there's enough water available to send over the Continential Divide. The rountable voted to send a message to the Colorado Water Conservation Board that if legislation allowing the feasibility study to go forward passes, they want a hand in the study's work in order to protect Gunnison Basin water interests. Rick Brown, section chief for the Colorado Intrastate Water Management and Development Section insisted the pumpback proposal is contingent upon the outcome of ongoing litigation regarding the amount of water Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is entitle to under its 1933 senior water right.
