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Feds are taking the opportunity to eradicate invasive fish that preys on a threatened species in Lake Powell while water levels are at an all-time low.
Biologists are preparing to take their first steps to remove a pair of invasive fish species that have entered the lower Colorado River ecosystem as a result of record-low Lake Powell reservoir levels.
DENVER (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn't belong there.
The popular game fish sought by anglers has reached the Colorado river, and it is no good news for the National Park Service biologists.
For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the