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<br /> <br />..... <br />~i'D~ <br /> <br />;/ ~"\~. ~.~~... <br />,,\ -.. ~- <br />, -... <br />~~~_..!..,:-;...::-"'"I <br />< r1,..- <br />... ........ <br />. ""., <br />~- - <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />Eastern Slope <br /> <br />Enlargement of Turquoise <br />Lake increased the aquatic <br />habitat and surface acreage <br />available for fish. Game fish <br />species in this area include <br />kokanee salmon and <br />rainbow, brown, and lake <br />trout. Prior to enlargement, <br />Turquoise Lake supported <br />9,500 man-days of fishing <br />annually. Under full project <br />conditions, the lake <br />provides about 40,000 man- <br />days of fishing annually. The <br />increased fishing activity <br />requires stocking about 16 <br />Ions of hatchery-reared fish <br />each year. <br />The Mt. Elbert conduit can <br />deliver up to 3.000 gallons <br />of water per minute to the <br />Leadville National Fish <br />Hatchery. Increased fish <br />production at the hatchery, <br />made possible by the <br />increased Quantity and <br />improved temperature of <br />the water supply, sUPPorts <br />an additional 100.000 man- <br />days of fishing annually. <br /> <br />Pueblo Fish Hatchery <br /> <br />To enhance recreation <br />and fishing. the Bureau of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Reclamation built a $22 <br />million, state-of-the-art cool <br />and warm~water fish <br />hatchery just below Pueblo <br />Dam. It is managed by the <br />Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife Resources and <br />provides significant <br />capability for the state to <br />produce a variety of fish <br />species to stock in its lakes <br />and rivers. Total fish <br />production to 1993 was <br />about 50 million fish <br />including channel catfish, <br />saugeye, walleye, wipers, <br />brown and rainbow trout <br />and tiger muskie. <br /> <br />Dominant big game <br />species found on the <br />eastern slope are deer and <br />elk. Deer and elk migrate <br />into the Twin Lakes area <br />each winter and scatter <br />throughout the area during <br />summer. Big and small <br />game hunting are allowed <br />in the areas adjacent to <br />Twin Lakes. <br /> <br />Municipal and <br />Industrial Use <br /> <br />Water for municipal and <br />industrial use is delivered <br />to Colorado Springs and <br />other municipalities on <br /> <br />