Native Cutthroat Trout Colorado. The latter was the yellowfin extinct early in the 20 th century. In 2015 wood s team found evidence that the drainage had native rio grande cutthroat trout that were hybridizing with other subspecies including yellowstone cutthroat greenback cutthroat and colorado river cutthroat.
How many know which subspecies call our state home. Unfortunately a variety of factors have served to suppress the current population as well as marginalize the value of the fishery due to introgression with yellowstone cutthroat trout. Watch this video of colorado river cutthroat trout in the middle fork sheep creek utah.
Colorado river rio grande and greenback.
Wood called cpw s attitude on restoring native species enlightened especially when compared to previous practices. The yellowfin cutthroat twin lakes and arkansas river watershed currently believed to be extinct. Colorado has three subspecies colorado river greenback and rio grande. In 2015 wood s team found evidence that the drainage had native rio grande cutthroat trout that were hybridizing with other subspecies including yellowstone cutthroat greenback cutthroat and colorado river cutthroat.
