DENTRY: Sportsmen push Hermosa area for wilderness status
By Ed Dentry
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
About 28 miles of Hermosa Creek's main stem hold trout, but the native gem is the Colorado River cutthroat, which almost disappeared until a few pure specimens turned up in isolated headwaters.
Ty Churchwell, president of the Five Rivers chapter of TU, says chapter members will help the Division of Wildlife restore the upper five miles as an all-native trout fishery next spring.
"We want the general public to come in here and experience the river the way it was 100 to 150 years ago," Churchwell said.