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A Fishing Trip on Colorado's Gunnison River

Sep 02, 2016 | 831 videos

Video by The Perennial Plate

Often, going fishing consists of more talking than actually catching anything. In this short documentary A Fishing Trip on the Gunnison, three members of the conservation organization Trout Unlimited discuss the impacts of irrigation on the beautiful Gunnison River in Colorado. The organization that works with farmers, ranchers, and conservationists to find ways to preserve Colorado waterways.

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