The McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group was honored at the American Public Works Association Colorado Chapter (APWA-CO) Annual Awards ceremony in February. The Hartland Dam/Gunnison River improvements, completed by MWDG, received the Medium Community – Environmental Design award. Participants were required by the APWA to submit projects demonstrating outstanding work but also winners were selected based …
The Hartland Dam reconstruction project has stirred local enthusiasm for additional recreational accommodation along the Gunnison River. The project objective was to provide fish passage, but the project has also remedied what was an extreme safety hazard to boaters: the dam has been the site of several rafting fatalities. The reach now provides a low hazard …
Modifications to the Hartland Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River near Delta, CO are complete. The project connected upper and lower reaches of the Gunnison River watersheds that have been blocked for over one hundred years. MWDG worked closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop an innovative design that enables “threatened” fish …
Painted Sky RC& D has hired Kissner General Contractors, a locally based construction company specializing in river project, to build the Hartland Dam Fish Passage Project. The existing dam will be partially removed and replaced with a sloped rock structure to provide passage for several threatened fish species and boaters, connecting previously segmented reaches of …