Invasive Species

  • Denver Water, Western Slope Reach Water Deal
    The Pueblo Chieftain
    By Chris Woodka
    April 29, 2011

    Five years of negotiations have ended in a potential settlement that limits Denver’s future water development and provides benefits to the Western Slope in exchange for allowing Denver to store more water in Gross Reservoir. “This cooperative effort...
  • Felt boots blamed for invasive 'rock snot' in trout streams
    The Mercury
    By David Dishneau, Associated Press
    February 21, 2011

    As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.