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

Finding the Time, When There’s Time
Volunteering with CPW’s Angler Outreach program fits into Ray Chen’s calendar with plenty of flexibility and fish!
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How to make 112 million fertilized walleye eggs
This year’s walleye spawning operation was one of the most successful in recent memory, we reached our statewide goal of 112 million eggs in only 13 days!

Take a Friend Fishing and reel in great prizes!
For the fifth consecutive year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and our partner Colorado fishing companies encourage anglers to take a friend fishing.

Innovative New Survey Method Reduces Stress on Threatened Fish
Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologist introduces less-invasive method to survey greenback cutthroat trout

Colorado’s Newest Gold Medal Waters – Gunnison and Taylor Rivers
Years of consideration and conservation work all led to a golden moment for two pristine rivers in central Colorado.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: The Human Side of Stewardship
Often untold are accounts of the humans who protect, study, maintain and advocate for the places and critters so many us have come to appreciate, enjoy and expect to exist in perpetuity.

2022 Colorado Outdoors Photo Issue Video
Enjoy these images from the Colorado Outdoors magazine’s annual photography issue and join Colorado Parks and Wildlife in celebrating 125 years as an agency.

Extinction isn’t always final: Rediscovery of the native trout of the San Juan basin
The rediscovery of the San Juan cutthroat trout is a celebration of basic conservation principles and shows why implementing conservation measures is so critical for perpetuating the wildlife resources.

Another Colorado State Record Brook Trout
This is the third Colorado state record brook trout caught in 2022. The fish measured 26.25 inches in length and had a girth of 16 inches.

Muddy Waters: Three Hardy Natives in a Dynamic Riverscape
The flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker and roundtail chub, commonly referred to as “The Native 3,” have inhabited our waterways for 10 million years.
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