Spring has arrived in full force. The Lilacs are blooming, the snow is melting and the Caddis Fly are hatching in record numbers on the Arkansas River! ESPN covered the hatch a couple years back,
“They come off the river like smoke,” said Bill Edrington, owner of Royal Gorge Anglers
Fishermen are advised to […]

Warm weather means melting snow (finally) means big flows on the Arkansas River means big tricks in the Buena Vista River Park means kayaking pros want to check it out.
“The first annual Buena Vista Pro Rodeo will be held on May 24, 2008 on the new and improved Buena Vista River Park in Buena […]

Earl R. writes:
The buzz amongst Colorado paddlers is that 2008 will be a season to remember. It has been a long and cold winter here in the central Rockies. We have seen record snowfalls and cool springtime temperatures. Everyone is anxious to get on the water and enjoy the melting snow. Well […]

Apparently not, according to the Pueblo Chieftain’s Chris Woodka in his April 2 article, “Pipeline plan goes easy on Upper Ark“.
“Two alternatives of SDS - although not the preferred alternative from Pueblo Dam - would rehabilitate the Granite diversion for the Homestake Project on the Arkansas River north of Buena Vista, which now is only […]

Here’s an update on our neighbors to the north.
According to an April 2 article by Solomon Banda of the Associated Press, Leadville’s mining tunnel issue is being rather persistent. “[Lake County Commissioner Mike] Hickman sent a letter to Gov. Bill Ritter Tuesday asking that the state spend $3.5 million to drill a well and […]

Residents of the Arkansas river valley have had the ‘Over the River’ project on their radar for quite some time. Conceived and designed by the artistic team of Jeanne-Claude and Christo (Often referred to collectively as ‘Christo’), the project seeks to suspend a shimmering canopy of fabric over several miles of the Arkansas river […]

Last week, Mike Harvey of Recreation Engineering and Planning spent time making adjustments on several of the river features in the Buena Vista Whitewater Park. Jed Selby says that because of the dynamic environment of the river, it is necessary to make changes over the period of a few years after the construction of a […]