Interior Department Eyes Removal Of Non-Native Trout From Colorado River

Non-native trout, while prized by anglers who fish the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, threaten to wipe out native species in the river that can't compete with them. While Interior Department officials have a plan to remove the trout, it's effectiveness is being questioned.

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I just got back from rafting and fly fishing on the Colorado River. The native fish cannot survive in the cold water that is relaeased from the bottom of the dam. Until we address that issue there is no point in KILLING the brook trout and the rainbow trout that can survive in those low temperatures.
The native Humpback Chub starts to appear around the Little Colorado River, this is where they spawn and by then the water temperature has come up a few degrees. I heard that all the trout had been killed, by shocking them and scooping them up and throwing them away.
After the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River converged I had a hard time seeing ANY fish, how sad it that?!
Is this really the solution, a beautiful river with no fish!
Maybe we should shock and throw away the people that come up with these ideas.
FIX the temperature FIRST!