Latest CPW podcast episode discusses superfund cleanup along the Upper Arkansas River
Jason ClayNortheast Region Public Information Officer
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released a new podcast episode that discusses the transformation of rivers and wetlands dangerously polluted by decades of mining and milling into prime fish habitat.
The podcast episode titled 'Superfund Sites - Gold Mining to Gold Medal Water' specifically discusses CPW’s efforts along the Upper Arkansas River. The episode can now be found online or through any of the popular podcast listening platforms.
Some terms naturally go together like "Colorado Parks and Wildlife" and "world-class fishing."
Few would ever add to that list the term “Superfund sites.”
That's because CPW’s 42 parks are recreation meccas. Its 350 wildlife areas boast some of the finest wildlife and aquatic habitat in the state. And even in the United States.
But they weren’t always so pristine. CPW's aquatic biologists and research scientists are working to erase the dark legacy of gold mining and restoring gold medal fisheries that are known by anglers worldwide and home to threatened or endangered species.
Talking about the work in the podcast episode is Eric Richer, Aquatic Research Scientist, and Paul Foutz, Senior Aquatic Biologist for CPW’s Southeast Region.
The Colorado Outdoors podcast can be found online by clicking here or on any of your favorite listening platforms, such as:
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an enterprise agency, relying primarily on license sales, state parks fees and registration fees to support its operations, including: 43 state parks and more than 350 wildlife areas covering approximately 900,000 acres, management of fishing and hunting, wildlife watching, camping, motorized and non-motorized trails, boating and outdoor education. CPW's work contributes approximately $6 billion in total economic impact annually throughout Colorado.