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Uncompahgre River

3 Porch Notes tagged “Uncompahgre River,” from counties across Colorado.

Water and land - Ouray County

The river below Ridgway dam has its own catch-and-release rules

The Uncompahgre River tailwater below Ridgway Reservoir, in the Pa-Co-Chu-Puk reach, carries flies-and-lures-only and catch-and-release trout rules that differ from the river downstream.

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Water and land - Delta County

Delta County river conditions are better checked than guessed

Live USGS gauges track the Gunnison and Uncompahgre at Delta, so river conditions can be read instead of guessed.

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History and culture - Ouray County

Why Ouray sits where it does: gold, silver, and the San Juans

Ouray County grew up around late-1800s hardrock mining in the San Juan Mountains, and that history still shapes the towns, roads, and old workings you see today.

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