Hey, river lovers, if you’re in the Denver area this week, put this on your schedule: Trout Unlimited is helping stage a lunchtime Rally for the Rivers in Denver Thursday, Jan. 26 outside the EPA building downtown. The goal is to let our state and federal decision-makers know that the Upper Colorado and Fraser Rivers–beloved by generations of anglers–are on the verge of ecological collapse due to water diversions. Unless our leaders do the right thing for the rivers and ensure healthy flows, these magnificent waters face a long, sad decline. Speakers include Field and Stream magazine editor-at-large Kirk Deeter and CTU president Sinjin Eberle.
Want to learn more? Check out the www.DefendtheColorado.org website–and be sure to sign the petition. Raise your voice for one of our greatest Western rivers, before it’s too late. . .
By andrew mercado January 31, 2012 - 12:40 am
The article by Scholfield on saving trout from irrigation canals in Wyoming reminded me of an incident 20 years aqgo camping at Dragoon Creek; a DNR campground about 20 miles north of Spokane Wa. Dragoon Creek has a population of rainbows and white fish. On a camping trip there, a local took us around the area and the irrigation canals all contained populations of small rainbows.
Let the local TU chapter in Spokane know.
By Randy Scholfield January 31, 2012 - 11:13 am
Thanks Andrew — I’ll pass along that information. This is a problem over much of the West, so lots of opportunity for fish rescue by local chapters . . .