Genetic study could make Grizzly Creek ideal for recovery

By Charlie Meyers The Denver Post 

Some summer morning, perhaps sooner than we know, some fortunate angler will make a cast into an obscure stream called Grizzly Creek and pull out a purebred cutthroat trout.

Funded in large part by MillerCoors, the Forest Service and Trout Unlimited and bolstered by a small army of volunteers, the effort will begin the first week of August with a launch of equipment and materials that will make the creek suitable for fish while erasing a rash of environmental scars. Read more

‘Water For People’ Golf Classic Offers Sport and Balance with Nature

From Eco-wordly.com:  Written by Michael Ricciardi  - Published on July 28th, 2009 - Posted in 4270, About Society

Water For People is a non-profit with a noble and global agenda: fresh, clean drinking water for all the world’s people. The charity seeks to “help developing nations develop sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and health and hygiene eduction programs.” Read More

Genetic study could make Grizzly Creek ideal for recovery

By Charlie Meyers The Denver Post

Funded in large part by MillerCoors, the Forest Service and Trout Unlimited and bolstered by a small army of volunteers, the effort will begin the first week of August with a launch of equipment and materials that will make the creek suitable for fish while erasing a rash of environmental scars.

A buck-and-rail fence will be installed to prevent motorized incursion, while a mile of unauthorized road will be obliterated to further aid in stream protection. At the same time, a single-track trail will be maintained for hiking and other backcountry uses.

Design and construction will be managed by Frontier Environmental Services, the firm that earlier was contracted by West Denver TU to design and build the so-called Golden Mile on Clear Creek.

The Clear Creek Watershed Foundation will oversee the project once it has been completed, an effort that includes on-ground remediation and metals reduction.

http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_12933965

Commissioners OK storm-water changes

by Jason GonzalesHerald Staff Writer

Ty Churchwell, backcountry coordinator for Trout Unlimited, spoke during the public hearing and said the city is doing a great job keeping the Animas River clean.

"We had some good storm-water rules in effect, and this just steps things up a hair," he said.

http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/07/29/Commissioners_OK_stormwater_changes/

Did You Know?

NOAA - Year of the Ocean Website: www.yoto.com

80 percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from land-based sources, such as runoff pollution. Runoff pollution includes many small sources, like septic tanks, cars, trucks and boats, plus larger sources, such as farms, ranches and forest areas. Read more

CU study: Climate change threatens Colo. River water supply

ColoradoDaily.com - By Brittany Anas - Tuesday, July 21, 2009

BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado River system -- which 30 million people depend on for drinking and irrigation water -- could fully deplete all of its reservoir storage by the middle of the century, a new University of Colorado study shows.  Read more

Farmers told how to save huge amounts of water

Kelly Zito, [San Francisco] Chronicle Staff Writer - Wednesday, July 22, 2009

"If we want to have a healthy agriculture economy, the only real option is to figure out how to produce more food with less water," said Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute and co-author of "Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future." Read more

Project Healing Waters Offers Support and Adventure For Wounded Warriors

By Allen GregorySports Writer / Bristol (TN) Herald Courier

The program, called Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc., is an ambitious effort launched in 2005 by volunteers from various Trout Unlimited and Federation of Fly Fishing Chapters. PHWFF serves disabled active duty military personnel and veterans through fly-fishing and fly-tying education and outings. Read More

Trend worsening for pollutant in 16 national parks

By MIKE STARK - Associated Press Writer

Air quality data obtained by The Associated Press shows significant worsening trends for ammonium in several flagship parks, including Yellowstone, Mount Rainier and Utah's Canyonlands. At Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, researchers have already seen subtle shifts in the alpine tundra, where some of the park's trademark wildflowers are being replaced by grass. Read more

State still struggles with water puzzle

By CHRIS WOODKATHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

The panel also heard a presentation on the study of a nonconsumptive needs - the water left in streams or added to benefit fish, wildlife and recreation - and learned that not all of the state’s nine basin roundtables are treating the information in the same way.

“I’m a little distressed there’s no quantification of needs in some basins,” said Melinda Kassen of Trout Unlimited, representing environmental interests. “Are you suggesting it won’t be done in every basin?”

CWCB staffers explained the municipal needs were only the first to be addressed and the other needs will be considered as well, as required by the statute that formed the IBCC.

Rep. Kathleen Curry, D-Gunnison, said the CWCB report appeared to be heavily weighted toward traditional water projects that remove water from one area to use in another. She asked if the same amount of study would be devoted to land-use and conservation issues.

http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2009/07/21/news/local/doc4a6548bab661f003126792.txt