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CPW staff release lake trout back into Lake Granby

Fishing Access and Opportunity: Colorado Quality Waters

Joey Livingston

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announces Colorado Quality Waters designation for 53 of the states most productive and quality fisheries

Ray Chen is an avid fly fisherman who loves Euro nymphing, short for European nymphing, where the angler drifts weighted flies below the water’s surface without a strike indicator or dry fly to tell them if there’s a hit. Chen rediscovered his love of fishing after taking a fishing clinic from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, where he’s now a volunteer with the agency’s Angler Outreach program.

Finding the Time, When There’s Time

Forrest Czarnecki

Volunteering with CPW’s Angler Outreach program fits into Ray Chen’s calendar with plenty of flexibility and fish!

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Safe Boating Is No Accident

Summer’s is here! That means ice out at many mountain lakes, boat ramps opening for the season and people all around the state preparing to head to local waters.

Doug Skinner

A Beginner’s Guide to Catching Trout

Every spring, we look forward to starting our season at the same fishing spot where he caught his first fish.

Doug Skinner

Springtime on the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River

The Lake Fork generally wakes from its winter hibernation sometime in early April and an early season excursion rarely disappoints.

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2019 COLORADO OUTDOORS PREFERENCE POINT ISSUE

If you’re a Colorado big-game hunter, now’s the time to prepare for the 2019 hunting seasons. Colorado Outdoors, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s conservation magazine, is a

Doug Skinner

Whirling disease-resistant trout thriving in Arkansas River

A recent survey by Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists found rainbow trout thriving in the Arkansas River near Salida offering a hopeful sign for wildlife

Bill Vogrin - DNR

The Angler’s Crystal Ball

Josh Nehring, CPW’s Senior Aquatic Biologist, explains the process and importance of the Fishery Survey, the primary tool that guides fish management.

Doug Skinner

Volunteering for the Walleye Spawn Operation

Growing up among so much beauty I would find myself asking, “Who put the fish in the lakes?” Once again faced with a “Chicken and

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Greenback Cutthroat Trout Comeback

CPW has evidence that Colorado’s state fish, the greenback cutthroat trout, is making a successful return in its ancestral waters.

Jason Clay

Truly Native

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologists have discovered a unique genetic lineage of the Colorado River cutthroat trout in southwest Colorado that was thought to be extinct.

Joe Lewandowski

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2026 Annual State Parks Issue

The annual state park issue is full of recreation ideas: Bird watch at Barr Lake, go into the backcountry at State Forest, experience whitewater thrills at Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, discover the hidden history of Mancos, and so much more!

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