DVIDS Posts 1 Grand Mesa Watershed Image Showing Colorado Communities

1 articles · Updated · DVIDS · May 19

DVIDS posted a new "Water in the West" image showing sunset over communities below Colorado's Grand Mesa National Forest, with the photo taken on Feb. 24, 2026 near Grand Junction.
The image highlights the Grand Mesa Watershed Resiliency Partnership, which is focused on protecting high-elevation headwaters that supply municipal and agricultural water to downstream users across the Western Slope.
The posting lists the work as image 5 of 5, with a 3,840x2,160 resolution file credited to Forest Service photographer Ian Reiling and identified by DVIDS under Travis Weger.

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