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

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2. Slater Creek
This drainage is located west of the Upper Little Snake
River drainage and shares a north-south drainage border with
the Elkhead Creek drainage. The waters within this drainage
include only four lakes (26 ac) and 27 streams (135 mi).
Thirteen streams covering 83 miles are managed for wild trout
fisheries. Two streams (7.4 mi) are targeted for management
and restoration of habitat for Colorado River cutthroat trout.
These are Adams (WC #19009) and Cataract (WC #22959)
creeks. Twelve streams (46 mi) and the four lakes above are
managed for the conservation of other native aquatic wildlife.
Many of these streams are small or seasonal in nature with
regard to flow. 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 9)
Recommended management strategies/options:
1) Maintain existing waters designated within the
Optimum and Special Management categories as listed.
2) Manage Adams and Cataract creeks as habitat for
populations of Colorado River cutthroat trout.
3) Assess any of the streams included in Category 221
(wild trout) for potential as Colorado River cutthroat
trout habitats and initiate restoration actions as feasible.
4) Inventory alpine amphibian habitats above 7,000 ft
elevation for boreal toad breeding and nursery sites.
5) Initiate baseline herptile, mollusk and crustacean
inventories as agency resources permit.
Native/Unique
Species
Figure 14
LAKES I STREAMS
que Species
Colorado River
cutthroat trout
5.4%
Id trout
Aquatic wildlife management by category in the
Slater Creek drainage.
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