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 ...

And in their place, it released Colorado River cutthroat trout, giving the waterway to the native fish for the first time in probably 100 years. “And we’re going to work real hard to keep it ...

A San Juan cutthroat trout specimen collected in Colorado has been stored in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History since 1874. It was used earlier this year to confirm the San Juan ...

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 ...

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.

By Michael Abeyta. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- The official state fish of Colorado was thought to be lost forever but now the greenback cutthroat trout is making a comeback. "These fish are ...

This June 17, 2018, photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows a Colorado River cutthroat trout that officials identified as a unique type or "genetic lineage" that was thought to be extinct.

Four subspecies of cutthroat trout are native to Colorado: The yellowfin cutthroat (currently believed to be extinct); the Rio Grande cutthroat in the San Luis Valley and New Mexico; the greenback ...

Cutthroat trout in the Bobtail and Steelman creeks are some of the highest-valued native cutthroat populations in the headwaters of the Colorado River basin, CPW said. They are considered a ...

How Denver Water is helping protect native cutthroat trout in Grand County. By Jay Adams. Hidden in the hills below the Continental Divide in a remote section of Grand County, Colorado, are several ...

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 ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is draining the Rito Hondo Reservoir and is applying a piscicide to kill off existing fish before the agency reintroduces native Rio Grande cutthroat trout.