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 Denver Post

Heat in Steamboat Springs triggers Yampa River closure to save fish

Heat has forced Steamboat Springs officials to close off access to the Yampa River for recreation to reduce harm to aquatic insects and fish. The closure began Wednesday after city officials recorded ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan

Heading fishing? Avoid these river closures this fall

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced a mandatory fishing closure along a stretch of the Yampa River between the dam at Stagecoach State Park downstream to the lowermost park boundary, starting Oct. 2 ...