Author: By Brandon Hopper, Cañon City Daily Record
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High water brings massive changes to weekend Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival
Forget all the old Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival details. Except for the time and place, so much has changed. Because of the heavy amount of water flowing in the Arkansas River, officials made mass changes. And included in the cancellations was the most popular event. “We didn’t want to have to make these decisions, but…
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Arkansas River given Gold Medal fishing status
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission announced that the upper Arkansas River has been added as the newest addition to the statewide list of Gold Medal Trout Waters. The stretch of water reach is 102 miles long from the confluence with the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River, near Leadville, downstream to Parkdale at the…