Tag: Greenback Cutthroat Trout
-
Long-anticipated master plans approved for 2 Colorado Springs area parks
Long-anticipated master plans for two cherished Colorado Springs area parks have gained final approvals. El Paso County commissioners this week unanimously voted in favor of guiding documents for the future development and management of Paint Mines Interpretive Park as well as for Jones Park. The plan for the latter — the nearly 1,200 acres tucked…
-
Colorado’s ‘cathedral’ of fish: Inside the 130-year-old hatchery where endangered trout are bred
LEADVILLE • At the end of a snowpacked road through willows and evergreens, a Victorian building emerges that looks home to royalty. Instead, it is home to fish. “A lot of people are very, very surprised when they come here,” Josh Homer says. “They had no idea.” Homer is the tall, bearded manager of Leadville…
-
Area surrounding Williams Gulch to close next week to remove non-native fish
The area surrounding Williams Gulch will close Monday as Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers prepare to reintroduce Colorado’s state fish to the creek. As part of the process, wildlife officers will be removing all non-native fish from the water between Monday and Thursday next week. As a result, portions of Bliss State Wildlife Area along…