Zebulon Montgomery Pike was assigned the task of exploring and mapping both the Arkansas River and the Red River as possible boundaries with New Spain. Stephen Harriman Long was assigned to follow ...

Commissioner Wendell Koontz, who serves as chair of the Gunnison Basin Roundtable, was excited to delve into a full agenda of ...

In the last hours of the Biden administration, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it would spend $388.3 million for ...

The deepest portion of the canyon is 2,722 feet (829 m) north of Warner Point. The Gunnison River has a much steeper gradient than the Colorado River, with an average drop of 43 feet (13 m) per mile ...

As the sun sets the Taylor River, nearly frozen bank to bank, flows gently near Almont, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025. The Taylor joins the East River farther downstream to create the Gunnison River, a ...

Colorado is home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the United States, and its national parks are a perfect ...

A farmer irrigates the land in Chaffee County on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Farmers, ranchers and other water users are paid to ...

Skip Rocky Mountain and visit Colorado's most underrated national ... It is famous for its narrow canyons, which were created by the Gunnison River some millions of years ago.

The Colorado River District is working with partners ... River just upstream of the river's confluence with the Gunnison River; * Up to about $7 million will go to enhancing aquatic habitat ...

Zebra Mussels invade Mesa County, now spreading to the Colorado River and posing a grave threat to Grand Valley's agriculture ...