NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Bring Back the Natives / More Fish
Project Title: Fish Barrier Construction in North Elk Creek (CO)
Organization:
State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Project ID:
0901.19.066169
Description:

Construct a fish barrier to facilitate a Colorado Parks & Wildlife chemical reclamation to remove non-native fishes and to eradicate whirling disease from the upper watershed of North Elk Creek, a tributary to the White River, near Meeker, Colorado. Project will increase the likelihood that the North Elk Creek Colorado River Cutthroat Trout population can persist indefinitely.

Award Amount:
$50000.00
Location:
North Elk Creek, White River National Forest, Colorado.