Had it not been for a cool and wet April this spring, the Gunnison River Basin was headed for a devastating second consecutive year of historic dryness on par with the 2011-12 water year, and comparable with the severe drought years of 2002 and 1977.

About 50 people attending the annual State of the River presentation on Monday, June 3, in Montrose heard Bob Hurford, water engineer for the Gunnison Basin, and other officials deliver a sobering assessment of the basinwide water situation.

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