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<br />001248 <br /> <br />Draft - 9/81 <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife15 <br /> <br />~ ~ <br />, <br /> <br />Fish and wildlife resources are important components of <br /> <br />Colorado's environment. <br /> <br />The state's extensive areas of public <br /> <br />lands that have escaped most of the pressures of development pro- <br /> <br />vide outstanding fish and wildlife habitat. <br /> <br />Sport fishing--both <br /> <br />cold-water and warm-water--is especially important. <br /> <br />Cold-water <br /> <br />species include rainbow, brown, brook and native trout and koka- <br /> <br />nee salmon, while the main warm-water sport fish are iargemouth <br /> <br />bass, yellow perch, crappies, catfish, northern pike, walleye, <br /> <br />and white bass. <br /> <br />The state maintains twenty-four fish hatcheries <br /> <br />and rearing units to supplement the supply in areas in which nat- <br /> <br />ural spawning is not adequate to keep pace with demand. <br /> <br />Three species of non-game fish--the Humpback chub. Bony tall <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />chub and Colorado River squawfish--appear on both the state and <br /> <br />federal endangered species lists in Colorado. <br /> <br />Endangered bird <br /> <br />and mammal species appearing on both lists are the Southern bald <br /> <br />eagle, the American peregrine falcon, the whooping crane, the <br /> <br />gray wolf, and the black-footed ferret. <br /> <br />Big game is also abundant in the state. <br /> <br />Colorado ranks <br /> <br />among the top three states in deer and elk harvest each year; <br /> <br />bighorn sheep, mountain goats, antelope and black bear are also <br /> <br />hunted. <br /> <br />A number of small and upland game species also exist in <br /> <br />addition to numerous fur-bearing animals. <br /> <br />Furthermore, non-game <br /> <br />15Sources: Colorado Department of Natural Resources, <br />rado Division of Parks and Recreation, 1976; Langlois, <br />1979; Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 19S0, <br />lished). <br /> <br />1979; Colo- <br />David, <br />(unpub- <br /> <br />1 5 <br />