The various partners who brought the Watson Lake Fish Bypass to fruition celebrated the project's completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 1, 2019. The fish bypass is an element of the NISP Mitigation and Enhancement Plan and reconnects two segments of the Poudre River near Bellvue that were previously disconnected by the Watson Lake diversion barrier, providing upstream fish movement through that structure, as well as enhancements of other aspects for the surrounding ecosystem. Northern Water collaborated with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Morning Fresh Dairy and noosa yoghurt on the project.

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