Western Water Project

  • Restoring trout habitat, one stream at a time
    Summit County Citizens Voice
    By Bob Berwyn
    September 12, 2011

    Trout Unlimited has been "extremely successful" in completing various fish passage projects, including migration barrier removal, irrigation canal fishing screening, and habitat restoration and enhancement. Specifically, the agency cited Yates and...
  • A Couple of Beers Can Go a Long Way to Save the Colorado River
    Paddling Life
    June 2, 2011

    Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make a difference drinking a couple of beers. Earlier this summer PL reported that the New Belgium Brewing Company in Ft. Collins was spearheading an effort to restore the Colorado River after being named one...
  • What’s the Biggest Conservation Story Near You?
    Field & Stream Magazine
    By Hal Herring
    May 5, 2011

    I made a trip south April 22nd to fish for native cutthroats with Trout Unlimited’s Corey Fisher, National Wildlife Federation’s Land Tawney, and Joel Webster of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. I started out at daylight, and crossed...
  • Fraser's Ehlert says diversions damaging food sources on Colorado River
    The Denver Post
    By Scott Willoughby
    March 30, 2011

    Concerns over the health of the entire Upper Colorado River drainage have been magnified in recent months by proposals from Denver Water and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to annually draw an additional 45,000 acre feet from the Fraser...
  • Drew Peternell: Filling the Front Range Water Gap
    Denver Huffington Post
    By Drew Peternell
    March 8, 2011

    In coming decades, Colorado's Front Range will face booming population growth and a "gap" between water supply and water demand. The discussion of options for meeting the gap continues to focus on old ideas including huge trans-mountain pipelines,...
  • Montanans rally to defend stream access
    The Missoulian
    By NICK GEVOCK
    March 8, 2011

    A handful of Chris Fisk's Butte High students in current events made it clear to him that they wanted to fight a bill changing Montana's stream access law...