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• Locations: News By Olivia Emmer Published Dec. 8, 2021

  Helping out the trout at Canyon Creek

  This large culvert runs beneath I-70 just west of Glenwood Springs. It connects the majority of Canyon Creek with its final stretch before joining the Colorado River, but has been an impediment to fish swimming upstream. Photo by Olivia Emmer

  When the culvert was built in the ‘70s, planners knew it would be a problem for fish. The box culvert is two channels, each 10 feet wide and 300 feet long. It runs beneath Interstate 70 west of Glenwood Springs, connecting the cascading Canyon Creek with its final yards before… read more →