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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

Fish salvage canceled at Harvey Gap Reservoir

Courtesy of Garfield County Sheriff

A scheduled draining of Harvey Gap Reservoir and the corresponding fish salvage has been postponed at least a year because of a leaky ditch.

A section of the road to the the reservoir washed out Sunday after a ditch was breached.

Kelly Lyon, president of Silt Water Conservancy, says the road damage and leak in the ditch make it impossible to drain the reservoir by October, which was the goal.

As a result, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reinstated all bag, possession and size limits for anglers at the reservoir.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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