Colorado Watershed Assembly
October 13, 2009--‘Good Samaritan’ legal battle pits greens against greens (Colorado Independent)
In the last 15 years, Washington lawmakers have introduced no fewer than 10 pieces of so-called Good Samaritan legislation — the majority of those laws introduced by Colorado legislators. The legislation is designed to provide legal protection for groups who take it upon themselves to clean up toxic waste. In Colorado, that means cleaning up acid mine drainage.
June 24, 2009--City assures river group that new committee will be balanced (Telluride Watch)
Some members of FORU, the Friends of the River Uncompahgre, want to make sure a balance is achieved when the Montrose City Council selects a new citizens committee to create new river buffer zones.
December 3, 2008--Stakeholders meet on watershed quality (Ouray Plaindealer)
The Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership begins a series of forums, Thursday, Dec. 6, on water quality in the Uncompahgre Basin by examining metal contaminants in the upper watershed.
