Restoration work will begin Tuesday on a warm, wide and shallow stretch of the Eagle River in Edwards, an area notoriously unwelcoming to fish. Restoration has already started on a stretch of the Eagle River running through Minturn that was badly damaged by early development in town. Back in the 1800s, trees used to line the flat section of river between the Edwards Spur Road Bridge and the Hillcrest Drive bridge, which was a perfect place for grazing. Years of agriculture and development weakened the river banks and slowly allowed silt to fall in the river, smothering insects and providing a breeding ground for the trout-killing whirling disease. 

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