How Angling Closures Help Colorado’s Stressed Fish Populations

How angling closures help Colorado’s stressed fish populations

Fish get stressed, too.  It’s why Colorado Parks and Wildlife closely monitors popular angling spots throughout the year for warming water temperatures, declining stream flows, high sediment loads and other aggravating factors. Any one of these could trigger voluntary or mandatory fishing closures to help species persevere.  “It is stressful for a fish to be captured and handled,” said Kendall Bakich, an aquatic biologist for Parks and Wildlife.…

Colorado River project near Glen Canyon Dam targets smallmouth bass to protect native fish

PAGE, Arizona -- A federal project to reshape part of the Colorado River upstream of Lees Ferry aims to stop invasive smallmouth bass from moving farther downriver.