Gunnison Colorado
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park (National Park Service)
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock. No other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths offered by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. ... [Read More]
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park (National Park Service)
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock. No other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths offered by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. ... [Read More]
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
1853 A.D. Captain John W. Gunnison leads exploring party across southern and western Colorado. Gunnison named for him. Fremont's last expedition, seeking feasible railroad route through mountains, follows Gunnison's route. ... 1909 A.D. Colorado attains first rank among states in irrigation area with 2,790,000 acres under irrigation. Gunnison water tunnel completed by Reclamation Service and opened, on September 23, by President William Howard Taft at the tunnel site. Western State Teachers College opens at Gunnison. ... [Read More]
Gunnison, Colorado (Umtra Site)
The Gunnison former mill site is a 25-hectare(61-acre) tract located southwest of the City of Gunnison andadjacent to the Gunnison airport. Tailings covered an area ofapproximately 16 hectares (39 acres). ... The Department of Energy acquired the Gunnison disposalsite from the Bureau of Land Management via a legislative withdrawaland jurisdictional transfer. The disposal site will be monitoredand maintained under Controlled Access in accordance with theNuclear Regulatory Commission-approved Long-Term SurveillancePlan. Under the provisions of the Uranium Mill Tailings RadiationControl Act, public access to the disposal site will be restricted.Upon Nuclear Regulatory Commission site certification under theSurface Project, the State may dispose of the former processingsite according to the provisions of the Uranium Mill TailingsRadiation Control Act. In this case, the State is expecting toassign ownership of the processing site to Gunnison County, andthe proposed future use will likely be Recreational. It is anticipatedthat the State of Colorado will impose such restrictions as necessaryto protect the public health, safety, and the environment. ... [Read More]
Gunnison Focus Area, Colorado Partners for Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish andWildlife Service
The Gunnison Valley is located in west-central Colorado at an elevation of approximately 7,700 feet. Several stream and rivers converge in the area to form the Gunnison River. Wet meadows, sagebrush steppe, and irrigated pasture/hay fields predominate the non-forested areas of the valley. ... The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in the Gunnison Focus Area has developed funding and planning relationships with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Great Outdoors Colorado, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ducks Unlimited, and local conservation groups. As always, the private landowners interested in habitat restoration are the key to program success. ... [Read More]
Curecanti National Recreation Area (National Park Service)
Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water, and is the largest Kokanee Salmon fishery in the United States. Morrow Point Reservoir is the beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and below, Crystal Reservoir is the site of the Gunnison Diversion Tunnel, a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Recently discovered dinosaur fossils, a 5,000 acre archeological district, a narrow gauge train, and traces of 6000 year old dwellings further enhance the offerings of Curecanti. ... [Read More]
Recreation.gov
Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water, and is the largest Kokanee Salmon fishery in the United States. Morrow Point Reservoir is the beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and below, Crystal Reservoir is the site of the Gunnison Diversion Tunnel, a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Recently discovered dinosaur fossils, a 5,000 acre archeological district, a narrow gauge train, and traces of 6000 year old dwellings further enhance the offerings of Curecanti. ... [Read More]
NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
The Black Canyon, which has been carved by the Gunnison River as it hurries to join the Colorado, is 53 miles long, but only the deepest, most spectacular 12 miles of the gorge lie within Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Slanting rays of sunlight penetrate this deep and narrow canyon's dark gray walls of schist and gneiss that are shrouded in heavy shadows most of the day—hence, "Black Canyon" . East of the park the Gunnison River has been impounded and tamed behind three dams. In the Black Canyon, however, it remains one of the few unspoiled wild rivers in the country. ... [Read More]
Colorado Governor Benjamin Eaton
Includes letters; telegrams; warrants; and the patent and diagrams for an air shipdesign by Charles H. Morgan, of Gunnison, Colorado. Subject matter comprises IndianAffairs; Colorado National Guard; North Central and South American Exposition hosted inNew Orleans, Louisiana; and State Penitentiary Affairs messages, including prisonerinsanity petitions. ... [Read More]
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center - Colorado River, Green River, San Juan River, Eastern Great Basin, Lower Colorado
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