Watching Eagle County streamflow and water quality is a complicated job, and gets more expensive every year

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Watching Eagle County streamflow and water quality is a complicated job, and gets more expensive every year

Watching local streams is about more than checking levels during rafting season, it’s a 12-month job that involves checking not only flows but what’s in our streams. The Eagle County Board of Commissioners received a Feb. 18 update from a group including Bryan Moore of the U.S. Geological Survey. That agency leads multiple agencies in monitoring streamflows and stream health on both of the rivers that flow through the county, the Eagle and the R…