When runoff peaks in early June the Gunnison River roars through the whitewater park in the middle of town and everything along the banks greens up at once. Proto's Landscaping, LLC opens its mowing season about then, following that greenup outward from the low ground into the neighborhoods. Early cuts are light, the ground is still soft, and the trick is laying down a clean line without leaving a rut behind. By the Fourth of July the yards are dialed in — even, edged, and holding. Lawn care in Gunnison and the nearby valley towns.