When the fish was netted, the anglers noticed the red slash under its jaw, indicating it was a cutthroat trout. “I was stunned that it was a cutthroat because of its size,” Whitesitt told ...

After eight years, biologists have found that a unique kind of cutthroat trout from Hayden Creek in ... resources of Colorado and this is a perfect example,” Foutz said.

During the wildfire, crews headed behind fire lines in fire-resistant suits with electro-shocking backpacks, oxygen bottles, nets and water tanks to capture the rare cutthroat trout from the south ...

Without a reproducing population, CPW said, the brook trout will eventually die out, allowing for the native cutthroat to be restored. “This is a pretty historic moment for Colorado and native ...

“So basically our recovery goals for cutthroat trout are 40 fish per net — that would be a perfect situation and put us back to where we were before the lake trout invasion — but we have ...