"Four endangered fish species could see a big boon from the Bureau of Reclamation’s emergency plans for the stressed waterway this year."
"A handful of massive, ancient fish species could emerge as the unlikely winners from the record-setting drought gripping the Colorado River that has sent states, farmers, cities and the federal government scrambling.
The Trump administration announced Friday that it is planning to release an enormous amount of water from a reservoir upstream of Lake Powell as part of its emergency plan to head off a water and power disaster along the West’s most important river.
To get to Lake Powell, that water must travel from Flaming Gorge Reservoir along the Utah-Wyoming border through a stretch of Utah’s Green River that is home to four species of endangered fish. Environmental advocates say that if the Interior Department times those releases to strategic periods of year, they could provide a major boost to the fish populations."
