Eagle River Watershed Council
August 15, 2009--Popular Vail camping spot to be closed for stream improvements (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
When people camp too close to Piney River, they damage it. That's going on at the popular Vail area camp spot.
August 5, 2009--Puzzling trout decline on Eagle River (Denver Post)
Heavy runoff. Overharvest. Urbanization. Pollution. All or none of the above.
March 27, 2009--Vail Valley trout decline stumps experts (Vail Daily)
The brown trout population in the Avon section of the Vail Valley's Eagle River has decreased between 20 percent and 30 percent the last four years and nobody is sure why.
October 5, 2008--Colorado risks running low on water (Vail Daily)
Faced with a limited water supply and fast growing cities and mountain town resorts, Coloradans will soon have to rearrange their priorities when it comes to water — or else there won’t be enough to go around.
September 27, 2008--River gets repairs in Minturn, Edwards (Vail Daily)
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.
June 14, 2008--Eagle River will be cleaner, not pristine (Vail Daily)
Newly approved water quality standards won’t lead to a pristine Eagle River, but should mean less toxic metal in the water and possibly healthier trout.
