GUNNISON, Colo. (KREX) – Harmful algae were discovered in the Blue Mesa Reservoir water, the National Park Service announced Monday. NPS staff’s latest testing showed concentrations of blue-green ...

The sun was still rising last Friday morning over western Colorado's Blue Mesa Reservoir when a frantic moment ensued on a small boat. "I can't get him in the net," said Hunter Enloe, a lifelong ...

With Blue Mesa Reservoir free of ice and the Lake Fork and Elk Creek marinas open, National Park Service officials are reminding boat owners that state law requires all trailered and/or motorized ...

GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - Anglers have a chance to win up to $10,000 while also reducing the number of predatory lake trout in western Colorado. The second annual Blue Mesa Reservoir Lake Trout ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado anglers could win ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is calling the 2025 Blue Mesa Lake Trout Tournament a “banner year” and said it was the best tournament since it began in 2020. The four-month tournament ...

It’s 4 a.m. on a frigid October morning and Debbie Carpenter is first in line for the weekly kokanee salmon giveaway at the Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery north of Gunnison. Carpenter, cuddling in the car ...

GUNNISON, Colo. (KJCT) - The Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison, Colorado, continues to lose water to downstream stakeholders, according to data recently released by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR).

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff have collected over a million eggs from kokanee salmon spawning operations so far this year, and the staff is planning to give away the spawned salmon ...

BLUE MESA RESERVOIR — In an effort to prop up water levels at the declining Lake Powell, federal water managers are negatively impacting recreation on Colorado’s biggest man-made lake. That’s the ...

The water level at Colorado‘s largest lake is currently falling faster than it has ever fallen before. It’s not because of evaporation or a lack of conservation here. Instead, the federal government ...