The Aspen Times

A billionaire, a land swap, gold medal fishing, ‘dinosaur’ trout, and a permit proposal anglers are calling a ‘bait and switch’ in Colorado

Just months after the federal government closed on a land exchange with a billionaire, a proposal to institute a permit system on the Blue River has ignited a conversation about river access and ...
Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Survey of Colorado Gold Medal fishing location cites fish feeding as possible reason for river health decline

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife fish survey along the Lower Blue River cites a billionaire landowner’s practice of feeding fish ...
9NEWS

Colorado group works to restore Blue River

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — The Blue River in Silverthorne is a stretch of water that Jay Pansing with the Blue River Water Shed Group says needs a lot of work to get it back to Gold Medal fishing status.
Summit County

Land exchange proposed by billionaire along Blue River nears completion as feds overrule protests filed by local residents, anglers

Breckenridge resident Austin Ezman isn’t sure when will be the last time he’ll slip on his waders and peer over the steep edge in Grand County to his favorite fishing spot on the Blue River. But Ezman ...
Summit County

Federal agency awards $1.8 million grant aimed at getting the Blue River back to Gold Medal Fishing status

The federal government earlier this month announced $1.8 million in grant funding for habitat restoration along a stretch of the Blue River downstream from the Dillon Reservoir in Summit County. The ...