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Daily file photo It looks like efforts are paying off to improve water quality on Gore Creek. The creek, along with a number of other mountain streams, in 2012 was placed on a state list of “impaired” waterways. Since then, the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District and the town of Vail have been working on ways to “Restore the Gore.” The effort has included projects from improving the town’s storm sewer system to educating property owners about ways they can help improve the stream. One of the main ways to measure water quality is by tracking the populations of macroinvertebrates small bugs near the bottom of the food chain. Those bugs make it possible for other fish to flourish. ....