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Pitkin Hatch= <br />Location: The hatchery is located adjacent to Quartz Creek approximately 3/4 mile southwest of <br />the town of Pitkin in Gunnison County. <br />Physical Structure: Hatchery building contains 48 hatchery troughs and three incubators. <br />Twenty-five nurse basins are located outside, along with 3,500 feet of raceways and six <br />earthen ponds. <br />Water Source: Surface water (Quartz Creek) approximately 10 cfs, water temperature varies <br />from 34°F to 70°F; ground water is also collected by 240 feet of perforated pipe with a <br />capacity of 12.6 cfs. Springs can account for up to 3.87 cfs. <br />Number of Personnel: six permanent FTE's (NOTE: supervision is shared with the Durango <br />hatchery) and 20 months of temporary labor <br />Species Reared: rainbow trout, brook trout, Snake River cutthroat, Pikes Peak cutthroat, and <br />brown trout <br />Three-Year Production Average: 278,000 catchables with an average size of 9.24 inches and <br />236,000 subcatchable with an average size of 2.70 inches <br />Operating Costs: $290,096 <br />Operating Cost per Inch Planted: $0.090 <br />Fish Health History: 1975 - IPNV; 1984 - ERM; 1989 - Strawberry disease <br />Current Health Status: Specific pathogen free <br />Poudre Rearing Unit <br />Location: The unit is located on the Poudre River, 47 miles west of Fort Collins in Larimer <br />County. <br />Physical Structure: 12 raceways and eight earthen ponds totaling 7.65 acres <br />Water Source: surface water (Poudre River) with the DOW owning a total of 36 cfs <br />Number of Personnel: 2.75 permanent FTE's, with shared supervision coming from the Watson <br />Unit, and 3.5 months of temporary time <br />Species Reared: rainbow trout and Snake River cutthroat <br />Three-Year Production Average: 308,000 catchable with an average size of 9.92 inches and <br />75,500 subcatchables with an average size of 7.13 inches <br />Operating Costs: $174,558 <br />Operating Cost per Inch Planted: $0.049 <br />Fish Health History: 1978 - IPNV & ERM; 1988 - whirling disease; 1993 - tapeworms; 1994 - <br />Costia, nodular gill disease and gill lice <br />Current Health Status: whirling-disease positive <br />72