Colorado Parks and Wildlife relocates more than 1,000 trout as drought-related reservoir closure continues
PARK COUNTY, Colo. – More than 1,000 trout from Antero Reservoir have found new homes after Colorado Parks and Wildlife completed a large-scale fish salvage operation following the reservoir’s drought-driven drawdown.
On June 12, CPW aquatic biologists, working alongside Denver Water staff, captured and relocated 981 rainbow, brown, cutthroat, and hybrid trout from the nearly drained reservoir. Most of the fish were transferred to Eleven Mile Reservoir, while the remaining trout were released into the South Fork South Platte River…