Sky Hi Daily News - Grand County by Tonya Bina
A goody basket of river “mitigation and enhancements” has been offered to West Slope water proponents in an unprecedented gesture from Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Denver Water. Read More
Clear Creek Courant Since the discovery of gold in 1859 in Clear Creek County and neighboring Gilpin County, it is doubtful that any Colorado body of water has been under more influence from historic mining activity than Clear Creek.
During the Gold Rush era, an estimated 1,600 or more active mines were developed, with nearly all of those since abandoned.
Over the years, these orphan mines and related mine waste residuals have had negative impacts on the local fishery. Clear Creek’s revival began in the late 1980s, about the time that Ed Rapp arrived on the scene.
Rapp is being honored as Colorado Trout Unlimited’s conservationist of the year.
http://www.lcni5.com/cgi-bin/c2.cgi?040+article+News+20090428174748040900
Thanks to Coyote Gulch for the link.
Durango Herald Outdoors Editor
A prime stretch of the Animas River in downtown Durango will get a new identity this summer.
The Animas River itself will get a bit of a new look, starting in mid-August.
The west-side riverbank will get a full-scale makeover - a retro renovation - between Ninth Street and the Highway 160 bridge.
The river and west-bank renovation project was announced recently when Durango received an $86,000 grant from the Colorado Division of Wildlife for bank stabilization and habitat improvement on that stretch of the Animas River.
The DOW grant was one of the final pieces of a 3½-year jigsaw puzzle, put together through the nonprofit efforts of Trout Unlimited and the Animas Riverkeepers.
Ty Churchwell, then the president of the Five Rivers Chapter of Trout Unlimited, sat as a member of the Animas River Task Force. With other Trout Unlimited local board members and board members from Animas Riverkeepers, the task force was asked to review an Animas River corridor assessment.
http://durangoherald.com/sections/Features/Outdoors/2009/05/01/Animas_River_Makeover/
