By Bob Berwyn
Summit County Citizens Voice
Similar concerns were repeated by Erica Stock, an outreach coordinator with Colorado Trout Unlimited.The fisheries conservation group has specific ecological concerns related to lower flows, including warmer water that harms fish and higher concentrations of toxic metals. All those issues need to be addressed in the environmental study, she said. “We need minimum flows, flushing flows, adaptive management and monitoring. If we see the river is starting to collapse, we need to stop doing what we’re doing,” she concluded.
Check out the TU action page on the project for more information on how to comment before the March 17 deadline.
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2010/03/09/west-slope-raises-more-questions-about-denver-water-plan/
