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4. Williams Fork of the Yampa River This drainage is located south of Craig and Hayden and includes 33 lakes (309 ac) and 68 streams (387 mi). The confluence of the Williams Fork with the Yampa River is located southwest of Craig near to where Highway 13 first comes into close proximity to the Williams Fork from a southerly direction. Two stream reaches (42 mi), one on USFS land on the East Fork of the Williams Fork and the other on private land on the mainstem river, and two private lakes are currently managed as put-and-take and put-and-grow trout fisheries in Intensive Management categories 100 and 130. Seventeen (17) high lakes and reservoirs (195 ac) are managed using stocked trout in put-and-grow/natural recruitment fisheries. Ten stream reaches (71 mi) and one lake (36 ac) currently support pure populations of Colorado River cutthroat trout or are being considered for restoration for this purpose. These include Beaver Creek (WC #19150), Indian Run (WC #20759), Pagoda Creek (WC #27739), Slide Creek (WC #22062)-all tributaries to the South Fork of the Williams Fork River; the two headwater reaches of the South Fork of the Williams Fork River (WC #22829 and #23482) that occur on USFS land; and Rough Creek (WC #23301), the upper reach of Poose Creek (WC #23418) above Vaughn Lake, Bunker Creek (WC #19364) and Vaughn Lake (#70689)-all located on the East Fork of the Williams Fork River. Wild trout fisheries are managed for in 13 stream reaches covering 57 mi. Forty-three (43) stream reaches (217 mi) and eight lakes (37 ac) are managed for conservation of other native aquatic wildlife. All waters within this drainage have been classified as protected habitat with respect to whirling disease (WD) and can be stocked if necessary with WD negative fish only. (Appendix C-Table 4) STREAMS Colorado River cutthroat trout LAKES High lake Put-and-tak Coldwater lakes 3.1% Wild trout Put-and-take Coldwater streams Private Native/Unique Species Figure 8. Aquatic wildlife management by category in the Williams Fork drainage. DRAFT - January 13, 1998 17 m m m m M MIM M M ? m M M M MM Am MM Native/Unique Species Colorado River cutthroat trout