200- to-1,000-year Snow Anomaly Observed in #Colorado Mountains: New analysis by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory reveals that the 2026 snow #drought is unprecedented in the recent historical ... Graph created by RMBL Principal Research Scientist Ian Breckheimer, PhD, on March 23, 2026, courtesy of Ian Breckheimer Click the link to read the article on the Rocky Mountain Biological Laborator…

200- to-1,000-year Snow Anomaly Observed in #Colorado Mountains: Analysis by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory -- 2026 snow #drought is unprecedented in the recent historical record #snowpack #runoff #GunnisonRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/04/02/2...

Rock, Rockin Tuesday #RockinTuesday

"Painted Walls at Black Canyon"

The white streaks on the Painted Wall are pegmatite dikes - magma frozen in 1.7 billion year old rock. The #GunnisonRiver spent 2 million years carving this 2250 ft view. #PaintedWall #BlackCanyon #Photography #EastCoastKin

Historic valve replacement underway at Blue Mesa Dam: $32 Million Project Ensures Reliable Water Delivery and Hydropower for the future — USBR #GunnisonRiver In the 1950s, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built the Blue Mesa, Morrow Point and Crystal dams west of Gunnison as part of the massive regional Colorado River Storage Project. The Bureau of Reclam…

Historic valve replacement underway at Blue Mesa Dam: $32 Million Project Ensures Reliable Water Delivery and Hydropower for the future -- USBR #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2026/02/18/h...

Grants available through #GunnisonRiver Basin Foundation — The #Gunnison Country Times Gunnison River Basin. By Shannon1 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Click the link to read the article on The Gunnison Country Times website: The Gunnison River Basin Roundtable recently announced gr…

Grants available through #GunnisonRiver Basin Foundation -- The #Gunnison Country Times coyotegulch.blog/2026/02/09/g...

Bureau of Reclamation Aspinall Unit Coordination Meeting February 11, 2026 #GunnisonRiver Aspinall Unit dams From email from Reclamation Reece K. Carpenter: January 14, 2026 In order to avoid conflict with Colorado Water Congress the first Aspinall Coordination Meeting of 2026 is being&…

Bureau of Reclamation Aspinall Unit Coordination Meeting February 11, 2026 #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2026/01/18/b...

Cottonwoods - Gunnison River, Colorado
#trees #cottonwoods #autumn #river #gunnisonriver #gunnison #Colorado #landscape #landscapephotography #photography

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Water treatment plant set for 2025 groundbreaking — Gunnison Country Times #GunnisonRiver The water treatment process Click the link to read the article on the Gunnison Country Times website (Alex McCrindle). Here’s an excerpt: July 23, 2025 On July 22, after months of uncertainty…

Water treatment plant set for 2025 groundbreaking -- Gunnison Country Times #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/07/29/w...

Local Motion: Protecting and Conserving West Slope Water — KVNF #GunnisonRiver #UncompahgreRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification Map of the Gunnison River drainage basin in Colorado, USA. Made using public domain USGS data. By Shannon1 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Click the link to read the article on the KVNF website (Br…

Local Motion: Protecting and Conserving West Slope Water -- KVNF #GunnisonRiver #UncompahgreRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2025/05/02/l...

‘State of the River:’ Could be better, but … — Gunnison Country Times #GunnisonRiver Click the link to read the article on the Gunnison Country Times website (George Sibley). Here’s an excerpt: April 23, 2025 The fickle “children of the Pacific Ocean,” El Niño and La Niña, ha…

‘State of the River:’ Could be better, but … -- Gunnison Country Times #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/04/29/s...

The Creation of Night Owl Food Forest — #Colorado Farm & Food Alliance #GunnisonRiver In the past an inland sea covered the area of the North Fork of the Gunnison River. Screenshot from The Creation of the Night Owl Forest A heartwarming story about a love of place and mimicking nat…

The Creation of Night Owl Food Forest -- #Colorado Farm & Food Alliance #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/04/21/t...

Gunnison: State of the River April 17, 2025 #GunnisonRiver Map of the Gunnison River drainage basin in Colorado, USA. Made using public domain USGS data. By Shannon1 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, From email from the Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy Distr…

Gunnison: State of the River April 17, 2025 #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/04/16/g...

Improving #GunnisonRiver basin water resources one project at a time — The Gunnison Country Times Milkweed, sweet peas, and a plethora of other flora billow from Farmer’s Ditch in the North Fork Valley of western Colorado. Jonathan P. Thompson photo. Click the link to read the article on the Gu…

Improving #GunnisonRiver basin water resources one project at a time -- The Gunnison Country Times coyotegulch.blog/2025/04/08/i...

Aspinall Unit operations / #GunnisonRiver flow change — Erik Knight (USBR) #UncompahgreRiver Grand opening of the Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado 1909. Photo credit USBR. From email from Reclamation (Erik Knight): March 17, 2025 Releases from the Aspinall Unit will be increased from 700 cfs to…

Aspinall Unit operations / #GunnisonRiver flow change -- Erik Knight (USBR) #UncompahgreRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/04/01/a...

Easement protects North Fork Valley mesa — The #Colorado Land Trust #GunnisonRiver Map of the Gunnison River drainage basin in Colorado, USA. Made using public domain USGS data. By Shannon1 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Click the link to read the release on the Colorado Land Tr…

Easement protects North Fork Valley mesa -- The #Colorado Land Trust #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/02/12/e...

Gunnison river ice formations and a colorful sunset. Two beavers are visible on the ice.

A beaver on the edge of the river ice of the Gunnison River

Went out for a nice sunset, got that and more! Some beavers on the Gunnison River ice in a zone I hadn't seen them in before!
#gunnisonriver #beavers #landscapes #photography #gunnisonco #winter #ice #naturephotography

North Fork Valley team wins prize for innovative agrivoltaics project — Pete Kolbenschlag and Brandy Emesal (#Colorado Farm and Food Alliance) #GunnisonRiver Vegetable harvest at an agravoltaic operation. Photo credit: Colorado Farm & Food Alliance Click the link to read the release on the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance website (Pete Kolbenschlag …

North Fork Valley team wins prize for innovative agrivoltaics project -- Pete Kolbenschlag and Brandy Emesal (#Colorado Farm and Food Alliance) #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/01/28/n...

North Fork Valley team wins prize for innovative agrivoltaics project — Pete Kolbenschlag and Brandy Emesal (#Colorado Farm and Food Alliance) #GunnisonRiver Learning and demonstration gardens at Arbol Farm, Paonia, CO. Photo credit: Colorado Farm and Food Alliance Click the link to read the release on the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance website (Pete K…

North Fork Valley team wins prize for innovative agrivoltaics project -- Pete Kolbenschlag and Brandy Emesal (#Colorado Farm and Food Alliance) #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/01/28/n...

Forecast: #ColoradoRiver flow to #LakePowell will only reach 81% of normal in 2025 — 8NewsNow.com #COriver #aridification #GunnisonRiver A Reclamation map, released January 10, 2025, of the upper basin showed snowpack levels — more specifically, snow water equivalent (SWE) levels — at 93% of normal for this time of year. Click the l…

Forecast: #ColoradoRiver flow to #LakePowell will only reach 81% of normal in 2025 -- 8NewsNow.com #COriver #aridification #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2025/01/15/f...

Cash flows to help update Blue Mesa power plant — The #Montrose Press #GunnisonRiver Blue Mesa Dam. Photo credit: Reclamation Click the link to read the article on The Montrose Press website (Katharynn Heidelberg). Here’s an excerpt: December 7, 2024 Hydropower infrastructure…

Cash flows to help update Blue Mesa power plant -- The #Montrose Press #GunnisonRiver coyotegulch.blog/2024/12/26/c...

It's been pretty cold around here lately which has given us some interesting ice along the Gunnison River. I feel like I can revisit these places many times when conditions are favorable because it is always changing.
#landscapephotography #nature #landscapes #iceicebaby #ice #gunnisonriver #sunset

Blue Lizard looks out at Canyon of the Gunnison.

Blue Lizard isn't afraid of being at the edge of a canyon, but the thought of climbing down to the river makes him tired. #canyonofthegunnison #nationalpark #colorado #gunnisonriver #travel