Latest South Platte River Stories

A novel genetic study led by the University of Colorado Boulder has helped to clarify the native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado, including the past and present haunts of the federally endangered greenback cutthroat trout. The study, led by CU-Boulder postdoctoral researcher Jessica Metcalf, was based largely on DNA samples taken from cutthroat trout specimens preserved in ethanol in several U.S. museums around the country that were collected from around the state...

By Bill Jackson, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Jul. 11--The Northern Integrated Supply Project has a potential of putting more water in the Poudre River during winter months and will provide an opportunity to manage the flow of the river from north of Fort Collins to where it flows into the South Platte River east of Greeley. That's contrary to what opponents of the project have been saying since the environmental impact statement was released on the project earlier this year, said Brian Werner,...

By Greeley Tribune, Colo. Jul. 11--The Northern Integrated Supply Project has a potential of putting more water in the Poudre River during winter months and will provide an opportunity to manage the flow of the river from north of Fort Collins to where it flows into the South Platte River east of Greeley. That's contrary to what objectors of the project have been saying since the environmental impact statement was released on the project earlier this year, said Brian Werner, spokesman for...