GUNNISON, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado's drought is taking its toll on several reservoirs across the state of Colorado. One striking example is at Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison. This week officials ...

Water levels were low at Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County, Colorado in August 2018. Drought has severely affected reservoir levels in Colorado and water supply is well below normal in almost ...

Water levels at Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison are approaching an historic low on Sept. 6, 2018. (National Park Service) By mid-March the reservoir was down 82 from being full.

Last year, the federal government ordered emergency water releases from Blue Mesa to help protect Lake Powell. There’s worry that will happen again, so the marinas will stay closed.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says Blue Mesa Reservoir, which is between Gunnison and Montrose and feeds into the Colorado River, is at 39 percent capacity. Sandra Snell-Dobert, […] ...

As of Sept. 1, the reservoir was 37% full, which is about 68 feet down from a full reservoir, and a ring of muddy shoreline was growing. Parking lots and boat slips sat empty, and Pappy’s Restaurant ...

The Blue Mesa is already low because of the poor winter snowpack on the Western Slope. Next month, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin a drawdown of Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison.

The Highway 50 bridge over the Blue Mesa Reservoir will temporarily reopen for 12 hours a day over the July 4 holiday weekend as crews work on a permanent solution.

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, tools from the past lie on the remains of a shop foundation where the town of Iola, Colo., was along the Gunnison River before the Blue Mesa Reservoir flooded ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado's largest body of water is on track to approach historic lows this fall, prompting early closures of some of the area's recreation opportunities. The U.S ...