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Environmentalists protect Meeker waters, other sites

RBC I A proposal by WildEarth Guardians to give the highest protection possible to 200 miles of streams in the White River National Forest in Colorado was approved on June 10.

The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission (CO WQCC), on a vote of 8-1, approved the higher degree of security for critical cutthroat trout streams near the towns of Carbondale, Meeker and Craig.
The “outstanding water” designation is granted only to the highest quality waters…