Conservation community joins with sportsmen to save Green River
Green River rainbow
Yesterday, American Rivers named the Green River the second most endangered river in the country, citing a proposal to pump 81 billion gallons (yes, you read that right) of water from the Green 560 miles to the front range of Colorado.
Trout Unlimited is pleased to see American Rivers joining with sportsmen to protect critical fish and wildlife habitat that sportsmen have counted on for generations.
The proposed Million pipeline would destroy big game habitat, lower lake levels and significantly impact one of the finest trout fisheries in the country, the Green River fishery below Flaming Gorge.
Trout Unlimited staffers Charlie Card and Walt Gasson have been on the road most of the spring, traveling Colorado, Utah and Wyoming rallying sportsmen to protect the Green and showing a Trout Unlimited documentary about the river.
Check out a clip of the film, Green with Envy, at www.ourdamnwater.org.
See the rest of American Rivers top Ten Most Endangered Rivers at www.americanrivers.org.
If you're in western Colorado, Walt and Charlie are showing Green with Envy in Grand Junction Colorado tomorrow night (May 17, 7:30 p.m. at the Roper Music Ball Room, 150 N. 5th St.)
