The Mighty Colorado River

Born in Colorado, the mighty Colorado River serves over 40 million people and irrigates nearly 5 million acres of farmland before it enters Mexico. It is the hardest-working river in the West. The river also provides some of the finest trout fishing in the country and attracts millions of dollars in associated outdoor-related revenue to local communities.   

But a section of the Colorado River near Granby is severely degraded from a shallow, on-channel reservoir called Windy Gap. TU and its partners aim to improve this section for the benefit of trout and macroinvertebrates, the community, and its recreation-based economy, and of course, anglers, while also making this river more resilient to the impacts of climate change and wildfires along the way.