9589

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9589
• Author: Colorado Division of Wildlife.
• Title: Aquatic Wildlife Management Plan Yampa River Basin, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ii
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES 1
INTRODUCTION I
GUIDANCE FROM CDOW POLICIES, REGULATIONS & PLANS 7
AQUATIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN BY MAJOR HYDROUNITS AND SUBDRAINAGES 10
UPPER YAMPA HYDROUNIT 10
Upper Yampa River 11
Elk River 13
Trout Creek 15
Williams Fork River 17
Middle Yampa River 19
Elkhead Creek 21
Fortification Creek 23
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER HYDROUNIT 24
Upper Little Snake River 25
Slater Creek 26
Middle Little Snake River 27
Lower Little Snake River 28
LOWER YAMPA RIVER, VERMILLION, AND GREEN RIVER HYDROUNITS 29
Lower Yampa River 29
Vermillion Creek and Green River 31
APPENDIX A: CDOW management category codes 33
APPENDIX B: Conventions and abbreviations used in this plan 35
APPENDIX C: Supplementary data for individual lakes and streams in the Yampa basin 37
DRAFT - January 13, 1998 i