The Mancos Valley Watershed Group was formed in 2006 and has brought together riverfront landowners, farmers, ranchers, environmentalists, irrigation companies, recreationalists and concerned members of the community to address several goals that include:
· Improve fishing, primarily from the confluence of the East Fork of the Mancos River with the West Fork of the Mancos River downstream;
· Reduce the loading of dissolved copper from the East Fork of the Mancos River either through reductions at the source, increasing assimilative capacity, or through dilution;
· Work with irrigators/irrigation companies and landowners along the Mancos River to restore the functioning capacities of the river system;
· Work with irrigators to rebuild diversion systems that are in need of constant maintenance and that have major impacts on river functions;
· Improve the riparian ecosystem and thus the functioning capacity of the river.
· Improve in-stream flows throughout the summer months through the town of Mancos when irrigation tends to dewater the river.
...there are a few ways to be involved: via email updates and the website and/or by attending meetings that will be held throughout the watershed. To receive updates and for more information and to receive notices of meeting dates and locations as well as other materials please contact Chester Anderson at: chester@bugsconsulting.com.