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Public Lands Stewardship and Community Identity in the Gunnison Basin

Connects federal land and water management agencies with local community identity, recreation, and the cultural meaning of landscapes in the Colorado River headwaters region.

Stakeholder: 377 Document: 195 Story: 26 Author: 18 Place: 2 Concept: 2 Publication: 1

Colorado River Headwaters Wetterhorn Basin Shutdown impacts in the valley Earth Day is a Part of Everyday Life in Colorado Bennet Announces Nearly $130 Million for Colorado R. G. Clark Colorado Division Colorado Department power of place vehicle modification Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program for t The Greenline Power of place and landscape United States Forest Service United States Bureau of Land Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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Research Primer

Background

Public lands stewardship in the Gunnison Basin sits at the intersection of federal land management, local livelihoods, and a deeply rooted sense of place. Roughly 80 percent of Gunnison County is publicly owned, managed primarily by the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with additional roles for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (formerly the Colorado Department of Wildlife). How these lands are governed shapes ranching economies, recreation access, water security, wildlife habitat, and the cultural identity of mountain communities from Crested Butte to Gunnison and outward across the headwaters of the Colorado River.

Two concepts orient this policy area. The first is power of place, the idea that landscapes encountered through daily life accumulate cultural meaning and symbolic weight, shaping how communities defend, use, and remember them (Scott, 2021). Scott's study of the 10th Mountain Division's Camp Hale training landscape illustrates how Colorado's high country itself became formative, a heritage that still influences ski-town identity and public-lands advocacy today. The second concept is vehicle modification, a recreation-related management concern tied to motorized access, road designations, and travel-management planning on USFS and BLM lands. Together, these concepts frame ongoing debates over who belongs on public lands and how those lands should be used.

Historical context

The modern policy framework emerged through a sequence of state and federal planning efforts. The Colorado Land Use Commission's Priority Areas of Environmental Concern in Colorado (1974) identified subdivision pressure, oil shale, and energy development as threats requiring coordinated land-use planning Priority Areas of Environmental Concern. Earlier, Colorado: Options for the Future surveyed population growth and consumptive water demands during the 1960s expansion Colorado: Options for the Future, while The State's Role and Responsibilities in the Development of New Communities (1972) and its companion technical report grappled with how to channel Front Range growth without overwhelming rural counties State's Role Colorado and New Communities.

Resource-extraction controversies also shaped stewardship norms. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement on uranium mill tailings at Slick Rock Draft EIS Uranium Mill and citizen correspondence from groups like Folks United to Thwart Unsafe Radiation Emissions, or FUTURE FUTURE Newsletters, alongside the Safe Power campaign records (Safe Power-2005), document how community organizing pushed federal agencies including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA toward stronger environmental review. The 1972 Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program for the Colorado Olympic Region, prepared for the ultimately rejected Denver Olympics bid, became an early benchmark for environmental impact analysis in the Rockies Colorado Olympic Region Plan (Colorado Olympic Region 1972).

Management actions and stakeholder roles

Land and water management in the basin involves a layered set of actors. The USFS and BLM oversee grazing allotments, timber, recreation, and travel management on the bulk of public acreage. USFWS administers the Endangered Species Act for listed species such as Gunnison sage-grouse, building on early inventories like the Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado Threatened and Endangered Plants Guide. State agencies, including Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, regulate hunting, aquaculture, and water quality, as documented in Wildlife Commission Minutes Wildlife Commission Minutes and the Water Quality Control Commission record Water Quality Control Commission. The Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District manages local water interests, including long-running disputes over the Union Park Project and Taylor Park Reservoir Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District.

Management approaches have broadened from top-down regulation toward collaborative, place-based stewardship. The EPA's Community-Based Environmental Protection FY 1996 Progress Report describes the shift toward ecosystem protection and public participation that informs much current basin work Community-Based Environmental Protection. Riparian-focused outreach in The Greenline newsletter The Greenline and Conserving Wetlands on Colorado's Agricultural Lands Conserving Wetlands illustrate how state soil conservation boards, NGOs, and ranchers partner to keep working lands ecologically functional. The Environmental Agenda Colorado 1989 set an early template for cross-agency coordination on air quality, minerals, and land management (Environmental Agenda 1989).

Current challenges and future directions

The most pressing issues today include climate-driven hydrologic change in the Colorado River Headwaters, intensifying recreation pressure (including motorized use and vehicle modification on backcountry roads in places like Wetterhorn Basin), housing affordability tied to amenity migration, and continued tension between energy development and conservation. Water allocation remains contentious, as captured in Water Rights 2001 correspondence on Front Range versus Western Slope claims (Water Rights 2001) and in successive Colorado Water Quality Control reports tracking Total Maximum Daily Loads under the Clean Water Act Colorado Water Quality Control. Legacy extraction landscapes documented in the Field Excursion to Colorado and Utah report Field Excursion continue to require monitoring even as new pressures emerge.

Future directions point toward integrated, watershed-scale stewardship that links wildlife habitat connectivity, working ranches, recreation management, and climate adaptation. Sage-grouse conservation, wetland protection on private agricultural lands, and travel-management revisions are likely flashpoints where federal, state, and community interests must be reconciled.

Connections to research

Scientific research at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) underpins many of these policy choices. Long-term phenology, pollinator, snowpack, and stream-ecology datasets from the East River and upper Gunnison provide the empirical basis for evaluating climate impacts on water yield, riparian function, and species at risk. RMBL collaborations with USGS, USFS, and USFWS feed directly into adaptive management of grazing allotments, wetland conservation strategies Conserving Wetlands, and recovery planning for threatened species Threatened and Endangered Plants Guide. Cultural-landscape scholarship such as Scott (Scott, 2021) complements ecological work by reminding managers that stewardship decisions are inseparable from the meanings communities attach to place.

References

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado. →

Colorado and New Communities. →

Colorado Olympic Region, Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program 1972. →

Colorado Water Quality Control. →

Colorado: Options for the Future. →

Community-Based Environmental Protection FY 1996 Progress Report. →

Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program for the Colorado Olympic Region. →

Conserving Wetlands on Colorado's Agricultural Lands. →

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Uranium Mill). →

Environmental Agenda Colorado 1989. →

Field Excursion to Colorado and Utah, Western United States. →

Newsletters from Folks United to Thwart Unsafe Radiation Emissions (FUTURE). →

Priority Areas of Environmental Concern in Colorado. →

Safe Power-2005. →

Scott, 2021. Power of place and landscape. →

The Greenline. →

The State's Role and Responsibilities in the Development of New Communities. →

Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2) Part 7. →

Water Quality Control Commission. →

Water Rights 2001 Part 3. →

Wildlife Commission Minutes. →

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power of place

Landscapes encountered in daily life through interaction with material and people that are invested with power, where people develop special meanings ...

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Colorado River Headwaters

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Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 7

President of Board: William S. Trampe Date: December 10, 1994 Budget, Citizens, Employment, Union Park Project, Taylor Park Reservoir,? Conservancy

water report1994

Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program for the Colorado Olympic Region

Denver Olympic Organizing Committee, Rocky Mountain Center on Environment, Charles Gathers and Associates Inc. 1972.

management plan1972

The Greenline

Dick Roth, Larry MacDonnell, and Brenda Mitchell. Colorado Riparian Association. Spring 1996 – Fall 1998.

news article1996

Community- Based Environmental Protection FY 1996 Progress Report

Technical report (FY 1996). Covers Region 8, Utah, Missouri River Basin. Topics: Community-Based Environmental Protection, Ecosystem Protection, publi...

technical report1996

Colorado: Options for the Future

Technical report (1960-1971). Covers Colorado, Alamosa, Rio Grande Basin. Topics: population growth, water usage, consumptive uses, stream-flow uses. ...

technical report1970

Colorado Olympic Region, Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program_1972

Denver Olympic Organizing Committee. Rocky Mountain Center on Environment. Charles Gathers and Associates Inc. 1972.

management plan1972

Field Excursion to Colorado and Utah, Western United States

Technical report (April 1997). Covers Colorado, Utah, Western United States. Topics: stratigraphic architecture, hydrocarbon systems, facies distribut...

technical report1997

Wildlife Commission Minutes

Correspondence (November 14-16, 1990). Covers Denver, Colorado, Norwood. Topics: hunting licenses, wildlife exchange, aquaculture licenses, damage cla...

correspondence1990

Water Rights 2001- Part 3

Author: Butch E Clark Date: 2001 ? Gunnison, Durango, Colorado Spring, Denver Water, Rocky Ford, Ditches, Allocation, Conservation, Front Range, Weste...

news article2001

Priority Areas of Enviromental Concern in Colorado

Management plan (1974). Covers Colorado, Eagle County, Rio Blanco County. Topics: land use planning, environmental concern, subdivision development, o...

management plan1974

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Conserving Wetlands on Colorado’s Agricultural Lands: Opportunities and Benefits for Farmers and Ranchers

Management plan (1994). Covers Colorado, Front Range, Castle Rock. Topics: wetlands conservation, agricultural wetlands, Wetland conservation, Streamb...

management plan

Water Quality Control Commission

Water report (1994). Covers Colorado, Platte River Basin, Republican River Basin. Topics: water quality, dissolved oxygen, un-ionized ammonia, nutrien...

water report

The State's Role and Responsibilities in the Development of New Communites

County plan (1972). Covers Colorado, Denver, Front Range. Topics: new communities development, population growth, growth management, new communities p...

county plan

Colorado Water Quality Control

Water report (2001-2002). Covers Colorado, Arkansas/Rio Grande, Rocky Mountain Region. Topics: water quality control, Total Maximum Daily Loads, TMDLs...

water report

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

Wildlife survey (1975-1977). Covers Colorado, Gunnison Basin, Denver. Topics: threatened and endangered species, flora identification, habitat conserv...

wildlife survey1978

Safe Power-2005

Correspondence (1976-1977). Covers Colorado, California, San Francisco. Topics: nuclear power, nuclear weapons, initiative campaigns, nuclear safeguar...

correspondence2005

Newsletters from Folks United to Thwart Unsafe Radiation Emissions (FUTURE)

Correspondence (1978-1979). Covers Denver, Colorado, Boulder. Topics: uranium mining, uranium development, uranium exploration, uranium solution minin...

correspondence1979

Environmental Agenda- Colorado 1989

Management plan (1989). Covers Colorado, Gunnison, Denver. Topics: air quality, hazardous and radioactive materials, land management, minerals and ene...

management plan1989

Colorado and New Communities: The State’s Role and Responsibilities in the Development of New Communities

Technical report (1972). Covers Colorado, Denver, Front Range. Topics: new communities, population growth, new communities development, urbanization. ...

technical report1972

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Uranium Mill)

Environmental assessment (1978-1995). Covers Slick Rock, Colorado, Colorado, Oak Ridge. Topics: uranium mill tailings, thorium mill tailings, in situ ...

environmental assessment1995

Residential Development in the Mountains of Colorado: A Survey of Issues

Technical report (1972). Covers Colorado, Front Range, Oak Park. Topics: residential development, subdivision design, environmental impact, land use p...

technical report1972

Final Environmental Assessment: Providing Fish Passage at the Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam on the Colorado River

Environmental assessment (1997). Covers Colorado River, Palisade, Grand Junction. Topics: fish passage, endangered species recovery, habitat restorati...

environmental assessment1997

Coal Train Assessment Final Report

Environmental assessment (1975-1985). Covers Colorado, Denver, Wyoming. Topics: coal train transportation, environmental impact assessment, rail route...

environmental assessment1976

Environmental Mediation

Technical report (1975-1981). Covers Saguache County, Colorado, Rocky Mountain West. Topics: environmental mediation, uranium mining and milling opera...

technical report

A Land Use Program for Colorado- A Report by the Colorado Land Use Commission

Management plan (1970-2000). Covers Colorado, Denver, Durango. Topics: land use planning, growth management, quality of life, energy development. Agen...

management plan

Wise Water Stewardship Through Partnership

A speech given at the 22nd annual Colorado Water Workshop, in Gunnison, 1997. ?As well as an article addressing water as a scarce resource.

technical report1997

Boom Town Financing Study Volume 1: Financial impacts of energy development in Colorado

Prepared by: Ross M. Bolt, Dan Luna, Lynda A. Watkins, Department of Local Affairs- State of Colorado. November 1976.

technical report1976

Report of the Colorado Rural Development Commission 1972

Technical report (1972). Covers Colorado, Front Range, Grand Junction. Topics: rural development, growth policy, regionalism, water policy. Agencies: ...

technical report1972

Proposed Union Park Reservoir Part 7

Author: Klingsmith Date: 1991 Water, Arapahoe County, Dam, Conservation, Front Range, Development, Gunnison, Colorado

water report1991

The Direct Costs of Growth: A comparison of changes in local government expenditure in growth and non-growth counties in Colorado

Technical report (1960-1970). Covers Colorado, Denver, Durango. Topics: population growth, local government expenditure, land use, per capita expendit...

technical report1974

Colorado Local Government Financial Trends: An Analysis by Planning and Management Regions of 1960 through 1971

Technical report (1960-1971). Covers Colorado, Region 1, Region 2. Topics: local government financial trends, planning and management regions, public ...

technical report1960

Colorado Source Water Assessment & Protection Swap

Water report (1996-1998). Covers Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Arkansas River. Topics: Source Water Assessment Program, source water protection area, con...

water report1998

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service: Public Hearing in the Matter of: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument Wilderness Reporter's Transcript

Correspondence (1970). Covers Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado National Monument, City Auditorium. Topics: wilderness designat...

correspondence1970

An Economic Analysis of State Aid to School Districts in Colorado

Technical report (1950-1967). Covers Colorado, Fort Collins, Great Plains. Topics: state aid to school districts, equalization aid, foundation program...

technical report1966

Tax Lead Time Study for the Oil Shale Region: Fiscal Alternatives for Rapidly Growing Communities in Colorado

Technical report (1974). Covers Colorado, oil shale region, western Colorado. Topics: tax lead time, rapid growth, fiscal alternatives, oil shale deve...

technical report1974

Colorado Environmental Commission Second Interim Report December 1971

Environmental assessment (1971). Covers Colorado, Boulder, Arapahoe County. Topics: Environmental Policy Act, land use regulation, water management po...

environmental assessment1971

A Future for Colorado

Technical report (1976). Covers Colorado, Denver, Maroon Bells-Snowmass. Topics: wilderness designation, roadless areas, wilderness study, land use pl...

technical report1976

The Colorado Economy, 1974-1980: The Impact of Energy Availability

Technical report (1974-1980). Covers Colorado, Denver, Denver Metropolitan Area. Topics: energy availability, energy shortage, economic growth, employ...

technical report1974

Water Rights 2001- Part 1

Author: Butch E Clark Date: 2001 ? Gunnison, Durango, Colorado Spring, Denver Water, Rocky Ford, Ditches, Allocation, Conservation, Front Range, Weste...

water report2001

Water Quality Programs

Technical report (1993-1998). Covers Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska. Topics: water quality, interstate litigation, water rights, water storage program. Ag...

technical report

Shale Country

News article (1976). Covers Colorado, Denver, Grand Junction. Topics: oil shale development, community planning, oil-shale development, commercial dev...

news article

CWCB’s Exclusive Appropriation Rights of ISFs Recognized

News article (1973-2000). Covers Cache la Poudre River, Lottis Creek, Cross Creek. Topics: instream flow, water rights, appropriation, stream flow pro...

news article2000

Questions and Answers BLM- FS Interchange Program

Correspondence (1985-1986). Covers Washington, D.C., western States, midwest. Topics: land management jurisdictions, Interchange Program, surface and ...

correspondence1986

Conservation Challenge Western State

News article (1972-1977). Covers Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Western State College. Topics: teacher certification, inservice education, energy conserv...

news article

Water Rights 2001- Part 4

Author: Butch E Clark Date: 2001 ? Gunnison, Durango, Colorado Spring, Denver Water, Rocky Ford, Ditches, Allocation, Conservation, Front Range, Weste...

water report2001

Oil Shale/Tan Sands Newspaper Clippings 2005 & 2006

News article (2005-2006). Covers Colorado, Utah, Rangely. Topics: oil shale development, reservoir construction, water storage, mining shale rock. Age...

news article2005

Colorado Irrigation Systems

Water report (1920s-1994). Covers Grand Valley, Colorado River, Palisade. Topics: irrigation, water rights, water allocation, irrigation water allocat...

water report

Oil Shale Resources in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming

Technical report (1982). Covers Great Divide Basin, Washakie Basin, Sand Wash Basin. Topics: oil shale development, oil shale leasing, retorting, oil ...

technical report1982

Water Workshop 1999

A schedule from the Gunnison Water Workshop in 1999. As well as three articles on water law by Richard Bratton, John M. Sayre, and Felix L. Sparks.

other1999

Environmental Permit Directory 1977

Technical report (1977). Covers Colorado, Denver, University of Colorado, Boulder. Topics: environmental permits, air pollution control, water quality...

technical report1977

A Land Use Program For Colorado

County plan (1970-2000). Covers Colorado, Denver, Durango. Topics: land use planning, growth management, quality of life, orderly development. Agencie...

county plan1973

The Impact of Energy Availability

Technical report (1974-1980). Covers Colorado, Aspen, Denver. Topics: energy availability, energy shortage, natural gas consumption, petroleum consump...

technical report1974

Soil and Water Conservation in Colorado

Technical report (1914-1958). Covers Colorado, Continental Divide, Ten Mile Creek. Topics: soil conservation, water conservation, watershed protection...

technical report

Colorado Land Use Commission Recommendations

Legislation (1970). Covers Colorado, Denver, Hawaii. Topics: land use planning, land use controls, growth monitoring, environmental control. Agencies:...

legislation1970

Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocerucus minimus) between the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Management plan (2005). Covers Colorado, Denver, Grand Junction. Topics: Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances, habitat protection, occupie...

management plan2005

Chapter One What is DMEA's Board of Directors? And What is it Good For?

Those are questions we ask ourselves a lot. The easiest thing is to list what we can’t do. We can’t read meters. We can’t turn the power back on after...

other

Public Land Mining

News article (1872-2005). Covers Nevada, ELKO, Goldstrike mine. Topics: open-pit gold mining, gold mining, water depletion, open-pit mining. Agencies:...

news article

Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado

Technical report. Covers Colorado, Eastern Plains and Foothill Region, Rocky Mountain Region. Topics: native plant revegetation, reclamation, ecosyste...

technical report1998

Registration List: Updated September 11, 1992

Correspondence (1992). Covers Arvada, Black Forest, Laramie. Topics: riparian habitat management, soil conservation, water quality, environmental plan...

correspondence1992

Communications with Municipalities

Technical report (1967). Covers Gunnison, Colorado, Salida. Topics: municipal communications, community leadership, public opinion surveys, random sam...

technical report1967

Solar Power – Sunday

De nis Hayes. Chair man the Solar Age wi ll begin! Senior Researcher. Worldwatch Institute Roger Blobaum Mark it on your calendar. Talk about it. Dire...

correspondence

Environment Permit Directory

Technical report (1977). Covers Colorado, Denver, University of Colorado, Boulder. Topics: environmental permit, air pollution control, water quality ...

technical report1977

The Colorado Economy: The Impact of Energy Availability: Summary

Technical report (1974-1980). Covers Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico. Topics: energy availability, natural gas shortage, oil shale development, coal gas...

technical report1980

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Habitat Crisis

The Real Threat To Wildlife By \tow Tae Colorado wildlife have faced many threats over the last century and a half, not always successfully Wolves and...

news article1990

Colorado Earth Advocate Synfuels Alert! Safe Power Narrows Oil Shale Report

Bob Vollmerhausen, Renelle Rae, George Kyncl. Colorado Earth Advocate Friends of the Earth. May 1976.

news article1976

Regional Policy on the Protection of Fens

Correspondence. Covers Mountain-Prairie Region, Rocky Mountains, Nebraska sandhills. Topics: fens, wetlands, mitigation, Resource Category 1. Agencies...

correspondence1998

Boating rights on rivers in Colorado

Technical report (1872-2000). Covers Colorado, Jackson River, Crystal River. Topics: public boating rights, riparian landowner rights, public river ri...

technical report

En Route with the Routt

Correspondence (1991-1994). Covers Routt National Forest, Colorado, Colorado Front Range. Topics: Forest Plan revision, biodiversity, roadless areas, ...

correspondence1992

Multiple Use Management Review of Undeveloped National Forest Areas in the Rocky Mountain Region

Management plan (1972). Covers Rocky Mountain Region, Denver, Colorado. Topics: multiple use management, wilderness preservation, National Wilderness ...

management plan1972

Cleaning Up Coal Creek

Coal Creek can come back to life, with fish once more in residence, after a major restoration job. The project, already underway, is expected to take ...

environmental assessment1980

Comments of the Colorado Environmental Coalition in Regards to the Gunnison Resource Area Draft

Correspondence (1991). Covers Gunnison Resource Area, West Antelope Creek, Haystack Cave. Topics: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, Resource Ma...

correspondence1991

Re: Oversight Hearing on White River Nat'l Forest Plan Revisions

Correspondence (1984-2000). Covers White River National Forest, Glenwood Springs, Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. Topics: Forest Plan Revisions, wil...

correspondence2000

Cleaning Up Coal Creek

Environmental assessment (1977-1980). Covers Coal Creek, Mt. Emmons, Crested Butte. Topics: stream restoration, molybdenum mining, tailing pond stabil...

environmental assessment1980

Area Guides News

Management plan. Covers Gunnison Basin, Western Colorado, Great Plains. Topics: grazing management, recreation development, wilderness preservation, w...

management plan1977

Water Articles

Correspondence (2002). Covers Gunnison, Colorado, Lake Dillon. Topics: water rights, dam construction, water conservation, interstate water transfer. ...

correspondence2002

Proposal: City of City Gunnison Economic & Fiscal Analysis of Large Scale Retail

Technical report (2004). Covers Durango, Gunnison, Colorado. Topics: fiscal impact analysis, economic impact analysis, large scale retail development,...

technical report2004

Chubs in the Tub: Colorado's Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility

Technical report (2000-2003). Covers San Luis Valley, Alamosa, Colorado River. Topics: endangered species restoration, fish propagation, native specie...

technical report2003

Wildlife 2000 Review

News article (1972). Covers Craig, Colorado, Denver. Topics: wildlife habitat, game management, hunting, wilderness areas. Agencies: WILDLIFE-2000, Co...

news article2000

Proposed Rules and Regulations of the Land Reclamation Board

Legislation. Covers State of Colorado, Colorado. Topics: land reclamation, open mining, natural resources conservation, wildlife protection. Agencies:...

legislation

“Owens Backs Water for Agriculture”

News article (January 31, 2000). Covers Colorado, Denver, Aurora. Topics: water rights, irrigated agriculture, water storage projects, water conservat...

news article2000

Special District Leadership Performance

Document (1990s). Covers Canon City, Loveland, Colorado. Topics: strategic thinking, strategic planning, community-based strategic planning, citizen-b...

other1992

Potential Uranium Development in Southern Colorado

Technical report (December 1979). Covers Southern Colorado, Colorado, Arkansas River. Topics: uranium development, uranium mining, uranium exploration...

technical report

Uranium Mining in Colorado: An Industry Revives Amid Concerns

Technical report (1976-1978). Covers Colorado, Denver, western slope. Topics: uranium mining, radioactive tailings, mine reclamation, environmental im...

technical report

Reallocation of Water from Agricultural to Municipal Use

Technical report (1970-1993). Covers Colorado, Denver, front range counties. Topics: water reallocation, agricultural water rights, municipal water us...

technical report

National Radon Measurement Proficiency Program

Technical report (1991). Covers Colorado, United States, Washington, DC. Topics: radon measurement proficiency, radon gas, indoor radon measurement, r...

technical report1991

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Technical report (1989). Covers Colorado, Urban Denver, Douglas County. Topics: wildlife management, winter adaptations, wildlife funding. Agencies: C...

technical report1989

Colorado Off-Road News

News article (1977). Covers Colorado, Longmont, Aurora. Topics: four-wheel drive, off-road racing, motorized recreation, pickup truck customization. A...

news article1977

Energy Development and Conservation

Correspondence (1976). Covers Gunnison, Colorado, Colorado River. Topics: energy development, energy conservation, energy facilities siting, transmiss...

correspondence

Potential State In-Stream Flow Rights in Gunnison

Correspondence (February 29, 2000). Covers Gunnison County, Gunnison River, City of Gunnison. Topics: in-stream flow rights, water appropriation. Agen...

correspondence2000

Area Guide News Articles

Craig W. Rupp, David E. Herrick, Vern Hamre, Robert H. Torheim, Roger R. Bay. USDA Forest Service. February 1977.

news article1977

Water and Coalbed Methane Development – Trying to Make Lemonade

Technical report. Covers Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. Topics: coalbed methane development, water quality, fuel cell technology, desalina...

technical report2000

Water and Coal bed Methane Development – Butch Clark Talking Notes

Technical report (1999-2002). Covers Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. Topics: coalbed methane development, water treatment, fuel cell techno...

technical report2002

Mountain Land Planning

Technical report. Covers Colorado, mountains, West. Topics: mountain land planning, land use planning, ecosystems, elevation. Agencies: College of For...

technical report1970

A Resolution Adopting Temporary Regulations for Gunnison County Land Use Change, Access, Reclamation, Individual Sewage Disposal System or Building Permits on Lands Located Wholly or Partially Within a 0.60 Mile Radius of a Gunnison Sage-Grouse Lek or Located Wholly or Partially Within Gunnison Sage-Grouse Occupied Habitat

Jim Starr, Hap Channell, Paula Swenson. Board of County Commissioners County of Gunnison, Colorado. June 2006.

legislation2006

Water and Coal bed Methane Development – Butch Clark Talking Notes

Technical report (2008). Covers Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado. Topics: coalbed methane development, water treatment, fuel cell technology,...

technical report2002

My Dreams For The Bench: personal essay

Document. Covers The Bench, Gibson Ridge, Crested Butte. Topics: recreational development, housing development, trail system, public land acquisition....

other

Summary – Organization Structure of Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

Correspondence (1973-1975). Covers Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre National Forest, Gunnison National Forest, Delta. Topics: organization structure, land use p...

correspondence1975

The Rio Grande

News article. Covers Rio Grande, Valley, Gulf of Mexico. Topics: riparian corridors, water quality monitoring, greenway trail. Agencies: Citizens for ...

news article

A Multilevel Analysis of Production Capabilities of the National Forest System

Technical report (1974-1990). Covers Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. Topics: multiresource production capabilities, national planning, multilev...

technical report1991

Colorado Water Workshop: "Quenching the Urban Giant" Front Range Water Supply Planning Solutions

Technical report (1991-1994). Covers Colorado, Front Range, San Luis Valley. Topics: water supply planning, water rights transfers, agricultural water...

technical report1994

Colorado Environmental Commission Recommendations for the Immediate Action

Technical report. Covers Colorado, Denver, United States. Topics: environmental policy, environmental impact, environmental quality control, transport...

technical report

Why Colorado?

Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Parks and Recreation Association, Center for Public-Priv...

recreation study1985

A Citizen's Factsheet: Utility Rate Structures Should Promote Energy Conservation

Document (1970-1980). Covers Colorado, Denver, Chicago. Topics: utility rate structures, energy conservation, Lifeline rates, peak-load pricing. Agenc...

other1976

Updating Land Use Plans for the Gunnison Basin Planning Area and the American Flats-Silverton Planning Area

Correspondence (1972-1978). Covers Gunnison Basin Planning Area, American Flats-Silverton Planning Area, Lake City. Topics: land use planning, wildern...

correspondence1978

“West Slope Water Interests”

News article (2000-2020). Covers Western Slope, Front Range, Glenwood Springs. Topics: transmountain diversions, water rights, endangered fish recover...

news article2000

Colorado Manpower Review

Technical report (July 1971). Covers Colorado, Denver, Denver Metropolitan Area. Topics: unemployment, employment service, unemployment insurance, lab...

technical report1971

A Resolution Amending Section 11-106: Protection of Wildlife Habitat Areas and Related Sections of the Gunnison County Land USe Resolution and Replacing the Temporary Regulations for Gunnison County Land Use Change, Access, Reclamation, Individual Sewage Disposal System or Building Permits on Lands Located Wholly or Partially Within a 0.60 Mile Radius of a Gunnison Sage-Grouse Lek or Located Wholly or Partially Within Gunnison Sage-Grouse Occupied Habitat

Jim Starr, Hap Channell, Paula Swenson. Board of County Commissioners County of Gunnison, Colorado. April 3, 2007.

legislation2007

Agricultural Land Conversion in Colorado A Preliminary Report

Technical report (1959-1992). Covers Colorado, Front Range, Eastern Colorado. Topics: agricultural land conversion, farmland protection. Agencies: Col...

technical report1995

Colorado Riparian Association Membership List

Document (1989-1992). Covers Fort Collins, Laramie, Gunnison. Topics: riparian conservation, water conservation. Agencies: USFE&EWS, Western State Col...

other

The Arkansas: Key resource for Southern Colorado

News article. Covers Arkansas River, Southern Colorado, Colorado. Topics: water rights, water diversions, irrigation, recreation. Agencies: state heal...

news article1999

The Cresson Mine The Legend Continues- An Update

Technical report (1992-1994). Covers Cresson Mine, Victor, Cripple Creek. Topics: open pit mining, heap leach pad, sodium cyanide solution, heap leach...

technical report1994

PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION #76-48

County plan (1975-1976). Covers Pitkin County, North Thompson Creek, Four Mile Creek. Topics: underground mining, coal mining, water pollution control...

county plan1976

Statewide Fish Management Policy

Management plan (1996-1997). Covers Colorado, Lamar, Denver. Topics: fish management, habitat protection, recovery programs, basin management plan. Ag...

management plan1997

Colorado's Air Tomorrow Is Colorado's Concern Today

Environmental assessment (March 1977). Covers Craig, Moffat County, Montrose. Topics: sulfur dioxide emissions, air pollution control, pristine air qu...

environmental assessment1977

Public Involvement Action Plan Workshop Method Uncompahgre-Wilson Mountains Review Area

Environmental assessment (1973-1974). Covers Uncompahgre-Wilson Mountains Review Area, Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre, Gunnison. Topics: wilderness proposal, ...

environmental assessment1973

UGRWCD Letter Concerning Aspinall Unit Water Rights

Tyler Martineau, Manager (UGRWCD: Upper Gunnison River Water Conservation District) Letter to U.S. Bureau of Land Reclamation April 13th 1996

correspondence1996

Energy Report to Coloradans

Technical report (December 1977). Covers Colorado, Washington, D.C., Golden. Topics: water rights, energy development, coal slurry pipelines, solar en...

technical report1977

Colorado’s Environmental Future: Where We Want To Be and How We Want To Get There

Technical report (1989-2000). Covers Colorado, Colorado Springs, Yuma County. Topics: environmental goals, air quality, solid waste disposal, transpor...

technical report2000

Concern About the Proposed Almont Reservoir

Correspondence. Covers Gunnison County, Gunnison Basin, Aurora. Topics: Collegiate Range Project, water diversion. Agencies: Colorado Wildlife Commiss...

correspondence1990

The host of ideas that you set forth about the health problems associated with energy development have triggered several thoughts.

Carl M. York and John C. Cobb. Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Inc.and University of Colorado Medical Center. 1975.

correspondence1975

Colorado Environment 2000, 1989

Technical report (1989-2000). Covers Colorado, Colorado Springs, Yuma County. Topics: environmental goals, air quality, water quality, water resource ...

technical report2000

Community by George Sibley

Document. Covers Central Colorado, Salida, Gunnison. Topics: community of place, commons, local economy, community development. Agencies: Cattleman's ...

other1995

Division of Wildlife Proposed Mineral Leases

Correspondence (1977). Covers Gunnison, Saguache, Montezuma. Topics: mineral leases, winter range, mining activity. Agencies: Colorado Division of Wil...

correspondence1977

Colorado Riparian Association registration forms

Correspondence (1992). Covers Steamboat Springs, Gunnison, Grand Junction. Topics: riparian areas, riparian management, riparian ecosystems, conferenc...

correspondence1992

Using Soil Information for Land Planning in Colorado

Technical report (1899-1971). Covers Colorado, Fort Collins, Denver. Topics: soil survey, land use planning, soil interpretations, soil limitations. A...

technical report1971

Update and notice of Compact Board hearing March 16 in Montrose

Correspondence (1989). Covers Denver, Uravan, Grand Junction. Topics: radioactive waste disposal, land transfer, low-level waste disposal. Agencies: C...

correspondence1989

Notice of Hearing of Radiation and Hazardous Wastes Control Division Colorado Department of Health on the Homestake Pitch Project Uranium Mill and Tailings Disposal Site

Correspondence (1980). Covers Saguache County, Colorado, Gunnison. Topics: uranium mill license, radioactive materials license, tailings disposal, pub...

correspondence

The BLM has initiated a process to develop standards for rangeland health, and guidelines for livestock grazing in Colorado.

Correspondence. Covers Gunnison Resource Area, Gunnison, Colorado. Topics: standards for rangeland health, guidelines for livestock grazing. Agencies:...

correspondence1995

Direction of the Board of County Commissioners: In-Stream Flow Rights

Letter to Board of Directors of Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District From County Manager, John DeVore February 29th 2000

correspondence2000

Draft for Pitch Mine Brochure

Technical report (1955-1980). Covers Pitch Mine, Saguache County, Colorado. Topics: uranium mining, open-pit mining, reclamation, revegetation. Agenci...

technical report1980

Case Number 93M249 The People of the State of Colorado, Plainfiff, vs. Robert Morris, Defendant.

Document (1876-1994). Covers Routt County, Colorado, Yampa River. Topics: Criminal Trespass, River Navigability, Stream Access Rights, stream navigati...

other1994

Appendix 4 Colorado Natural Areas Council, Colorado Natural Areas Program Staff

Document (1997). Covers Colorado, Lafayette, Greeley. Topics: Natural Areas Protection Program, Natural Area Site Registry. Agencies: Colorado Natural...

other1997

Colorado, Wildfire Hazards: Guideline for their Prevention in Subdivisions and Developments

Technical report (April 1973). Covers Alamosa, Canon City, Colorado Springs. Topics: wildfire hazards, fire safety guidelines, fuelbreaks, fuel modifi...

technical report1973

Bad mix: Water and waste

News article (1972-1990). Covers Leadville, Arkansas River, California Gulch. Topics: mining waste contamination, water pollution, environmental resto...

news article

Subject: RAREII, BLM Wilderness Review, and Alaska (the Senate)

Correspondence (1978). Covers Grand Junction, Colorado, Front Range. Topics: RARE II, BLM Wilderness Review, wilderness designation, roadless areas. A...

correspondence1978

Coal-Bed Methane – Whose Water Is It?

Technical report (2004). Covers Gunnison Basin, Grand Valley, Colorado. Topics: Coal-Bed Methane, beneficial use, coal-bed methane extraction, produce...

technical report2004

Colo-Ute's Plan for West Slope Powerline is Only the Beginning

Teresa Erickson, Judy Robinson and Joe Pepi. Western Colorado Congress, WSERC and Wright’s Mesa Elec. Consumers Association.

news article

Wilderness Reserved Water Rights

Correspondence (1964-1994). Covers Colorado, Denver, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. Topics: wilderness reserved water rights, federal...

correspondence1994

Small-Capacity Reservoirs Are Needed to Thwart Drought

Small-capacity reservoirs are needed to thwart drought By KEN BAKER The drought of the year 2002, the dri- est of a series of drought years in South- ...

news article

Background Information on the National Energy Conservation Challenge

BACKGROUND XNPORMATZON ON THE NATIONAL ENERGY CoNSERVATTON CHALIERGE , WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF CoLORADD Michael Proteman, National Executive Chaisnan...

technical report

Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances Letter

Correspondence. Covers Colorado, southwestern Colorado, Denver. Topics: Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances, habitat conservation. Agenci...

correspondence2005

Colorado Environment Depends on the Use of its Land

Document (1970-1973). Covers Colorado, Littleton, Colorado Springs. Topics: land use planning, quality of life, environmental impact. Agencies: Colora...

other1970

Notice of Wilderness Review Process

Correspondence (1980). Covers Colorado, Craig District, Craig. Topics: wilderness review process, intensive inventory phase, wilderness study, wildern...

correspondence1980

City, conservancy board meet on river questions

News article. Covers Pueblo, Arkansas River, Downtown. Topics: recreational water rights, minimum flow, water exchanges, storage capacity. Agencies: S...

news article

Agriculture Eroding in Ark Valley

News article (1982-1992). Covers Arkansas Valley, Arkansas River, Western Slope. Topics: irrigation water sales, agriculture industry economics, water...

news article

Burning Project on Upper Slopes

Correspondence. Covers Gunnison, Colorado, Parlin. Topics: burning project, critical winter range, forage and browse, prescribed burning. Agencies: US...

correspondence1999

Colorado Ranch Management School (Part 8)

T ¢cF 1. Enterprise gross margins are the difference between enterprise gross revenue and direct cost. om by herd PE Grose’ nibs 4155 us to compare op...

technical report1996

the Board of Directors of Delta Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) unanimously decided to not sign the extended wholesale powder contract with Tri-State.

Correspondence (2030-2040). Covers Colorado, Denver, Montrose. Topics: wholesale power contract, renewable energy, energy efficiency, coal-fired power...

correspondence2006

Comments on Draft Gunnison Master Plan: Letter to County Commissioners

Correspondence (1970s-1980s). Covers Gunnison, Colorado Springs, San Diego. Topics: Master Plan, economic development. Agencies: Gunnison County Plann...

correspondence1994

Study: Oil shale could require lots of water

News article (2005-2050). Covers Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, northwest Colorado. Topics: oil shale development, water demand, in situ production...

news article2008

A big blunder

News article. Covers Pueblo, Denver, Aurora. Topics: water storage capacity, water transfers, water rights. Agencies: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, City...

news article

Water worries

News article. Covers Aurora, Rocky Ford, Arkansas Valley. Topics: water rights, irrigation, farming, water transfer. Agencies: Rocky Ford Ditch Co., C...

news article1999

Colorado Planning Notebook: Making a Land-Use Survey

Technical report. Covers Colorado, Denver, Chicago. Topics: land use survey, land use mapping, zoning, planning. Agencies: Community Planning Section,...

technical report

EIS For the Gunnison Gorge NCA and Wilderness

Correspondence. Covers Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, Gunnison Gorge, Gunnison Basin. Topics: Resource Management Plan, landscape health m...

correspondence2003

Federal Reserved Water Rights for Wilderness Areas – Any Room for Resolution?

Statement of Bob Child – Pitkin Commissioner Colorado Water Workshop Gunnison, Colorado. July 31st 1986.

correspondence1986

1974 Comparison Average Annual River Basin Water Supply

Water report (1974). Covers Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande. Topics: water supply, water rights. Agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado Department of ...

water report1974

DOE News Gunnison Mill Site Demolition to Begin

Demolition of abandoned mill buildings and other structures at the Gunnison, Colorado, Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project site will...

news article

Pike and San Isabel National Forests Land Management Planning

It has been a long time since you have heard any news about the Forest Land Management Plan. We have not forgotten you and are very grateful for your ...

management plan1980

Appendix 1 Colorado Natural Areas Act

Carl B. Bledsoe, Ted L. Strickland, Lee C. Bahrych, Joan M. Albi, Roy Romer. State of Colorado. March 23, 1988.

legislation1988

Right To Float On Colorado River

Legislation (1977-1983). Covers Colorado River, Colorado, Denver. Topics: aquifer, ground water, right to float, nonnavigable fresh water streams. Age...

legislation1983

Socioeconomic Data Rank Ordered For Colorado

Technical report (1970). Covers Colorado, Delta, Gunnison. Topics: socioeconomic data, population demographics, housing characteristics, income statis...

technical report1972

Uncompahgre Grazing

Correspondence. Covers Uncompahgre, Wetterhorn Basin, Steamboat Springs. Topics: overgrazing, wilderness review process, sustained yield, erosion. Age...

correspondence1976

Appendix 5 Example: Articles of Designation Elephant Rocks Natural Area

Jim Krugman, Laurie A. Mathews, Lee Shropshire. Colorado Natural Areas Program, Division of Parks and Ourdoor Recreation Deporatment of Natural Resour...

legislation1996

Next ‘Dust Bowl’ unpredictable, may have started

News article. Covers Colorado, western Kansas, western Nebraska. Topics: drought, Dust Bowl. Agencies: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

news article1999

Nature Conservancy Hires Team for the San Luis Valley

.·'. n.,, ) .. . r. . The. Nature Conservancy bas launched its re- ·:·.:= • gional program in the Sail Luis Valley by hiring pro- gram managers Nancy ...

news article

Petition to Initiate Goals for Colorado Land Use

For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the ...

legislation

Energy Conservation Plan

Environmental assessment (1975-1980). Covers Colorado, Denver, Pueblo. Topics: energy conservation, carpooling, van pooling, government purchasing pra...

environmental assessment1975

BLM Wilderness Inventory

Correspondence (1979). Covers Craig District, Colorado, Craig. Topics: wilderness inventory, wilderness study areas, roadless areas. Agencies: Bureau ...

correspondence1979

Appendix 3 Criteria for Determining Colorado Natural Areas

Guidelines for the Identification, Registry and Designation of Colorado Natural Areas July, 1993 The Colorado Natural Areas Program (CNAP) was created...

management plan1993

Scoping Statement for Allotment Management Planning for the Lost Park Allotment

Environmental assessment. Covers Lost Park Allotment, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Steamboat Springs. Topics: allotment management plan, liv...

environmental assessment2001

Discussion Paper For Oh Be Joyful Wilderness Study Area Task Force

Correspondence (1979-1985). Covers Oh Be Joyful Wilderness Study Area, Colorado, Raggeds Wilderness. Topics: wilderness designation, mineral potential...

correspondence1985

BLM Draft Revisions for the White River Management Framework Plan

Correspondence. Covers White River, Rio Blanco County, Moffat County. Topics: land use planning, livestock grazing. Agencies: Bureau of Land Managemen...

correspondence1979

Consultant promotes water bank idea for Colorado

News article. Covers Colorado, Arkansas Valley, Fort Collins. Topics: water banking, water leasing. Agencies: Colorado Water Conservation Board, South...

news article1994

Petition To Initiate

Legislation (1976). Covers Colorado, Denver, Boulder. Topics: constitutional amendment, nuclear power plant construction, radioactive waste disposal. ...

legislation

A Modest Proposal for the Best in Colorado Water Development

Correspondence. Covers Gunnison, Colorado, Grand Junction. Topics: water storage, Beaver Enhanced Storage Technology, stream flow, watershed restorati...

correspondence2003

CO River Conservation District on Trans-mountain Diversion

Correspondence. Covers Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Eastern Slope. Topics: transmountain diversion, water supply, policy statement. Agencies: Colorado ...

correspondence2000

Community Profile La Plata County Comprehensive Plan

CommunityByDesign, RPI Consulting LLC, Lueck & Associates, Robert Odland Consulting, Consensus Builders, Terrasystems Southwest. La Plata County Plann...

county plan2009

Remember Title XV: San Luis Valley Water Protection Act?

, .In 1992. the U.S. Con· projects mentioned above. grcss under President George This bill does not ab- Bush passed the Omnibus solutely prevent groun...

news article

The Colorado Energy Research Institute invites you to participate in a workshop on "Energy Balances in Fossil Fuel Resources".

Correspondence (1975). Covers Golden, Colorado, Gunnison. Topics: Energy Balances in Fossil Fuel Resources, Senate Bill 50, Energy Task Force. Agencie...

correspondence1975