Flaming Gorge to release high flows into the Green

[cat_man]

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 12:00 AM [url "http://www.harktheherald.com/print.php?sid=55244"][/url] | [url "http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Recommend_Us&file=index&req=FriendSend&sid=55244"][/url]

Releases scheduled to aid fish in Green River

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


SALT LAKE CITY -- Flaming Gorge Dam will be releasing high flows of water into the Green River in the next few weeks to scour sediment below the dam and improve habitat for trout and endangered native fish species.
The federal Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program has been working to save native fish in the region. [url "http://heraldextra.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=display_ads&file=index&func=display_ad&ad=00264101"][/url][url "http://adserver.harktheherald.com/adclick.php?n=a1d19a67"][/url]
Fish like the Colorado pike-minnow, razorback sucker, humpback chub and bonytail chub are under stress from dams, diversions and barriers, the project said. Also contributing to their decline are the introduction of nonnative competitors, plus fishing, parasites and pollutants, it said.
Scientists hope the releases will flood some spots to increase fish habitat.
[signature]