The Best of Rocky Mountain National Park by Alan Leftridge

Author:Alan Leftridge [Leftridge, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: activities, best, camping, Colorado, Family, fun, guide, hiking, IW, maps, National Park, Nature, plants, RMNP, road trip, Rocky Mountains, summer, things to do, Travel, USA, vacation, wildlife, winter
ISBN: 9781560376415
Publisher: Farcountry Incorporated
Published: 2015-03-26T05:00:00+00:00

Best Fish

Rocky Mountain National Park is the headwaters for the Colorado, Big Thompson, Cache la Poudre, and Fall Rivers. The upper reaches and tributaries of these rivers provide pristine high-country habitat for native and non-native fish. The two iconic native fish in Rocky Mountain National Park are the greenback cutthroat trout and the Colorado River cutthroat trout.

Greenback Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarki stomias

Agricultural water diversion, mining sediment runoff, and overfishing almost destroyed all populations of the greenback cutthroat. Then a pure strain was discovered in 1973. Brought back from extinction, it now occupies less than 1 percent of its historical range. The greenback cutthroat trout was selected in 1984 as the Colorado state fish.

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