Possibly coming to a river near you: your favorite fishing hole turned into a whitewater “park.” Apparently this is becoming a more common occurrence than you might think. Cities are taking naturally flowing rivers and converting them into areas for tubing, kayaking, etc. As part of that transition, they often remove vegetation along the river. Sparks, Nevada opened a park in June of this year which is causing Nevada Fish and Wildlife Services to condemn the building of the park because of the Lahontan cutthroat trout native to that river. Some people say these parks displace fish from the rivers. Others, such as Trout Unlimited officials in Colorado (which has a handful of these parks) are embracing them as a way to preserve constant water flows in the river.

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