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3. Trout Creek <br />This drainage and its confluence with the Yampa River <br />is located south of Milner, and is the next drainage west of the <br />Upper Yampa River drainage. The waters within this drainage <br />include 19 lakes (86 ac) and 21 streams (136 mi). Most of the <br />waters currently being managed as fisheries are located in the <br />headwater reaches of Trout Creek upstream of Sheriff <br />Reservoir. Sheriff Reservoir (40 ac) is the only water in this <br />drainage being managed with in the Intensive Management <br />category with stocked, put-and-take and put-and grow trout. <br />Twelve high lakes (33 ac) in the Trout Creek, Sand Creek, and <br />Fish Creek headwaters are managed within the Optimum <br />category 200 with put-and-grow stocked trout and/or natural <br />recruitment. One stream, Trout Creek #4 (WC #23557) from <br />Sheriff Reservoir to its headwaters, and nearby Sawtooth Lake <br />#7 (WC #71996) are under consideration for management and <br />restoration as Colorado River cutthroat trout habitats. Wild <br />trout fisheries are managed for in 9 stream reaches (85 mi). <br />Twelve stream reaches (65 mi) and three lakes (6 ac) are <br />managed for conservation of other aquatic wildlife. All waters <br />within this drainage have been classified as protected habitat <br />with respect to whirling disease (WD) and can be stocked if <br />necessary with WD negative fish only. (Appendix C-Table 3) <br />DRAFT - January 13, 1998 <br />STI <br />Wi <br />LAKES <br />High lakes <br />nique Species <br />Colorado River <br />cutthroat trout <br />2.3% <br />Figure 7. Aquatic wildlife management by category in the <br />Trout Creek drainage. <br />15 <br />Put-and-take <br />Coldwater lakes <br />Species <br />Private <br />i! M ME as" M = M MM M M" M a MWIM M