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

II. Little Snake River Hydrounit:
The waters in this hydrounit and the Little Snake River
itself represent the entire range of aquatic habitat from
perennial, coldwater habitats in mountain headwater streams
and lakes to small and seasonal high desert streams supporting
warmwater aquatic life in the juniper and sagebrush landscapes
at lower elevation. Only nine coldwater lakes are included in
this drainage. No waters occur in this drainage that are
managed intensively with stocked fish. Thirty-one (31) streams
covering over 270 miles and 1/3 of the available stream habitat
in the hydrounit are included in the optimum management
category, and all are wild trout fisheries. Most of the
remaining 2/3 of the available stream habitat are managed for
conservation of native aquatic wildlife in both cold- and
warmwater streams. Within the special management category,
11 streams, covering 63 miles, are managed for Colorado
River cutthroat trout populations. Thirty-six other coldwater
streams (171 mi), 27 warmwater streams (288 mi), and seven
lakes (60 ac) are managed for the conservation of other native
aquatic wildlife. Management strategies and options for the
four subdrainages listed are provided below.
Figure 12. Aquatic wildlife management by category in the
Little Snake River hydrographic unit.
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