The Gazette

Protecting the Yampa: Unique fund in northwest Colorado celebrates 5 years in service to the river

While it’s a hot, dry, wildfire-causing summer in Colorado, at least one basin in the state is blowing out the candles for a unique cavalry riding in to help keep water in its river. Coming off its ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

When flows are low, river recreators seek out new allies and avoid making enemies

What used to be a calm stretch of the Yampa River near Craig, Colorado, now boasts a new set of rollicking whitewater rapids. They’re not the result of some new rockslide. The boulders in these rapids ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today

Zebra mussels found in Colorado River, not Yampa, but threat looms

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has expanded the area of the Colorado River labelled “infested” with zebra mussels. The area extends from the confluence of the Eagle River down to the Colorado-Utah border ...
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Here’s where CPW has fishing closures are in place along the Yampa River

DENVER (KDVR) — A just over half-mile-long stretch of the Yampa River will reopen to anglers on Thursday after Colorado Parks and Wildlife was forced to close it in May. The 0.6-mile area stretches ...
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife calls for mandatory full-day fishing closure on Yampa River

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is implementing a mandatory full-day fishing closure, according to a press release from the agency. The closure will cover an approximate 0.6-mile stretch ...
Daily Camera

CU Boulder receives $950,000 to monitor water quality of two Colorado rivers

The University of Colorado Boulder will receive $950,000 in federal funding to monitor water quality and understand the impact of wildfires on key Colorado rivers. The funding will support a research ...