From The Pueblo Chieftain (Chris Woodka):
“In the newspaper this morning was an article about how Woodmoor is planning a marathon (to acquire water rights),” Ted Sillox, a member of the Trout Unlimited Greenback Chapter, told state wildlife officials this week. “What’s the best route we can take to help stream flows?” Sillox and several other members said the $7 million Legacy Project on the Arkansas River is threatened as more cities buy water rights and move the water out of the Arkansas Valley. Trout Unlimited also has convinced the Wildlife Commission to approve limited catch and release on one reach of the river through Pueblo in order to improve the fish population. Fish more than 16 inches caught in a two-mile reach near the Nature Center must be released with no live bait allowed, beginning Jan. 1…
Wildlife Commission Chairman Tim Glenn and Commissioner John Singletary of Pueblo heard the concerns of fishermen, hunters and landowners at a special meeting at Lake Pueblo Wednesday. They were also sympathetic to the viewpoints expressed by Trout Unlimited…
A flow management program for Pueblo was established by a 2004 agreement, but it has gaps. There were only six parties to the agreement that set it up, but many other water users who store in Lake Pueblo. They choose to run water when they need it, and that has led to problems for fish. The program mainly curtails exchanges, but does not require replacement of water in the stream during extreme low flows.