The greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, was declared extinct over 50 years ago. But last week officials found the first confirmation that the trout are once again reproducing in ...

DURANGO — When all is said and done, the upper reaches of Hermosa Creek, north of Durango, will have the largest continuous stretch of native Colorado River cutthroat trout in the state.

Colorado’s state fish, the greenback cutthroat trout, was once considered completely extinct, but state biologists announced Friday that the species is now reproducing on its own. “This is ...

When it comes to genetic diversity, the cutthroat blows all other trout out of the water. You’ll find them scattered across western North America, in isolated pockets – the trout in each of these ...

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado cutthroat trout with unique genetics are now swimming in waterways on Pikes Peak as Colorado Parks and Wildlife works to make sure a species rescued from a ...

Hidden in the hills below the Continental Divide in a remote section of Grand County, Colorado, are several small streams that are home to a rare species of fish. The fish on the west side of Jones ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife teamed up with the U.S. Forest Service Tuesday morning to spawn one of the rarest breeds of fish in the United States — the greenback cutthroat trout. Adopted as the ...

A reservoir in Colorado is undergoing a restoration project that’ll bring native Rio Grande cutthroat trout back, but all other fish will be killed. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced ...

Without a reproducing population, CPW said, the brook trout will eventually die out, allowing for the native cutthroat to be restored. “This is a pretty historic moment for Colorado and native ...

According to CPW, the greenback cutthroat trout was ruled extinct in 1937, but in 2012, a wild population was found living in tiny Bear Creek in Colorado Springs. CPW biologists have gone up the ...

The announcement Monday that the purebred form of Colorado’s state fish, the greenback cutthroat trout, remains only in a small segment of stream near Colorado Springs arrives with good news ...

Biologists are on a quest to find a “zombie fish” in Colorado. The Yellowfin cutthroat trout was a fish that once grew up to 12 pounds and fed on other fish. But more than 120 years ago ...