CPW aquatic biologists surveying Fountain Creek this week

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Aquatic biologists from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the United States Geological Survey are conducting their annual survey of Fountain Creek this week.

To complete their work, the biologists use electro-fishing backpacks to catch fish in the local creek and document what they find. They record the species, weight, and length of the fish they find in the creek.

According to CPW, this research started more than 20 years ago and aims to document the fish population and how they adapt to the urban corridor the creek travels through.

Fountain Creek originates in Teller County. It flows east and south through El Paso County until it reaches its confluence with the Arkansas River in Pueblo County.