DOTSERO, Colo. (AP) —DOTSERO, Colo. (AP) — Sediment is being blamed for killing thousands of fish in the Colorado River above Dotsero. Sediment is being blamed for killing thousands of fish in the Colorado River above Dotsero.
DOTSERO, Colo. (AP) — Sediment is being blamed for killing thousands of fish in the Colorado River above Dotsero.
Workers at the Shoshone Hydroelectric Power plant in Glenwood Canyon first reported seeing dead fish near the plant on Wednesday.
According to the Vail Daily (http://bit.ly/MWAHYx ), Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials estimate thousands of fish were killed by a large amount of mud, silt and debris that washed into the water during last week’s rainstorms.
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