Non-Native Fish to be Removed from ...

A bit of the western facet of Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park will shut for the ultimate week of August, as state biologists work to take away all non-native fish from the Grand Ditch and its tributaries throughout the park. This may permit for the reintroduction of buck cutthroat trout—Colorado’s state fish—to their native vary within the headwaters of the Cache la Poudre River, the Nationwide Park Service (NPS) mentioned. Non-native trout, together with brook trout, are presently in these waters. The trouble is a part of the Poudre Headwaters Venture, a keystone enterprise for the Rocky Mountain Flycasters Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and might be led by biologists with the U.S. Forest Service.

 

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