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Fish Count In Poudre River 1 Year After Destructive Cameron Peak Fire Brings ‘Shocking' News
Recent surveys of the river showed thousands of fish were killed as a result of the fire and its lasting impacts.
By Dillon Thomas, CBS Denver:
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – For the first time since the historic Cameron Peak Fire charred a record-breaking 208,000 acres in 2020, and since the rain on the burn scar caused fatal flooding in the Poudre Canyon in July of 2021, wildlife officers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife are seeing the detrimental impact the blaze had on the fish in the Cache la Poudre River. As feared, recent surveys of the river showed thousands of fish were killed as a result of the fire and its lasting impacts.
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“The runoff events we saw this summer, post fire, have had a detrimental impact on the fishery,” said Kyle Battige, Aquatic Biologist with CPW.
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