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RMN Black Canyon MP273.JPG

SHOT 8/20/2003 - The U.S. Department of the Interior reached an agreement with the State of Colorado in April 2003 that establishes a base flow of 300 cubic feet per second on the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon National Park near Montrose. It is claimed that the minimal flow will protect the fish population in the river and the national park will have a water right to flood level flows to help scour the canyon floor of sediment and vegetation. Opponents argue that the landscape and character of the river will be forever altered and rafters and anglers contend that the reduced flows threaten their livelihoods and pastimes. A bird rises on some of the thermals in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison one afternoon. The Gunnison River remains as one of the last untapped rivers in Colorado and some worry that a water hungry Douglas County or other Front Range entity might go after water rights on the river because of the agreement..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2003)

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SHOT 8/20/2003 - The U.S. Department of the Interior reached an agreement with the State of Colorado in April 2003 that establishes a base flow of 300 cubic feet per second on the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon National Park near Montrose. It is claimed that the minimal flow will protect the fish population in the river and the national park will have a water right to flood level flows to help scour the canyon floor of sediment and vegetation. Opponents argue that the landscape and character of the river will be forever altered and rafters and anglers contend that the reduced flows threaten their livelihoods and pastimes. A bird rises on some of the thermals in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison one afternoon. The Gunnison River remains as one of the last untapped rivers in Colorado and some worry that a water hungry Douglas County or other Front Range entity might go after water rights on the river because of the agreement..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2003)