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<br />SPOTLIGHT <br />TO SHINE <br />ON RARE FISH <br /> <br />Marine biologist Scott Nygren uses <br />an architect's model io show the' <br />pathway visitors will take through <br />Colorado's Ocean ,Journey, the <br />aquarium under construction in lower <br />downtown Denver. <br /> <br />Water will flow along, both sides of ' <br />the walkway through natural-looking' <br />exhibits of the Colorado River from <br />the Rocky 'Mountains to ,the Sea of <br />Cort~z:(ln the photo, the walkway is, <br />the light colored path that snakes <br />down the center.) <br /> <br />Slated to open in spring 1999,the <br />aquarium will feature live endan- <br />gered Colorado River fish, as well as- <br />trout and other sport-fish, desert fish, <br />river otters, sea otters and shore- <br />birds. <br /> <br />Pholo by,Connie Young. <br /> <br /> <br />River Watch Program <br /> <br />How doe~ this (the upper Colorado <br /> <br />River R.ecovery Program) relate to the <br /> <br />River Watch program?' <br />" - John Nichols <br />',Lyons, High School <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado '.. River' <br />Recovery Program is" a multi-agency <br />effort to recover endangered Colorado <br />River fish while also allowing for <br />development of water resources for <br /> <br />ReadeJ:s' FOrum <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />human' purposes."Program partici- <br />pants come from federal, state, local <br />and private organiz~tions and agen- <br />cies in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, <br />A portion of the funding for this pro- <br />gram goes toward research andpublic <br />information: but the majority goes for <br />on-the-ground jJrojects, to recover <br />endangered fish and their habitat. <br />River Watch' is an educational pro- <br />,'gram of the Colorado' Division: of <br />Wildlife designed to give a hands-on <br /> <br />learning experiimce to students from <br />middle and high' schools around the <br />state, Students gather data on dissolved <br />oxygen, pH, temperature, hardness. <br />alkalinity and heavy metals jrom such <br />rivers as 'the Colorado, South Platte, <br />Eagle and Arkansas. Their data has <br />been used by the Water Quality Control <br />Commission, Environmental Protection <br />Agency, Colorado, Water Quality' <br />,Control Division and Denver"Metro <br />Wastewater Reclamation District. <br /> <br />7 <br />