Rocky Mountain National Park to remove non-native fish from Kawuneeche Valley

Rocky Mountain National Park to remove non-native fish from Kawuneeche Valley

Some western areas of Rocky Mountain National Park will close from Aug. 25 to 31, including the Colorado River Trail and Grand Ditch, as part of the Poudre Headwaters Project, according to a press release from the park. Officials will close access to areas on the west side of the park in order to remove non-native fish from the Grand Ditch and other tributaries both upstream and downstream. Once the areas are confirmed to be free of non-native t…

Rocky Mountain National Park Using Piscicide To Remove Non-Native Fish From 14.3 Miles of the Grand Ditch System

Rocky Mountain National Park is taking an aggressive step to remove non-native fish from the 14.3 miles of the Grand Ditch system (century-old water diversion project in the northwestern corner of the park) and will utilize a poison that has been in use for thousands of years. In an effort to remove invasive fish to make room for the reintroduction of the native Greenback cutthroat trout, aquatic biologists will apply a piscicide called rotenone…