is just one member of the West's highly diverse array of cutthroat trout species. Besides lake trout, the historical distribution of cutthroat trout ranges further than any other North American ...

But while cutthroat trout might not get all the glory, they are an important and popular trout species in their own right. Members of the Salmonidae family, cutthroat are native to Pacific Ocean ...

A rare trout species native to Colorado is making a comeback with a surprising strategy called "Trojan trout." According to Denver Water, efforts to restore the green lineage cutthroat trout — a ...

Despite having brown, rainbow and brook trout, the Lahontan cutthroat trout is actually Lake Tahoe’s only native trout species. The Nevada state fish is also the largest inland cutthroat trout ...

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’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 ...

The species was thought to be extinct in 1937 ... Colorado Parks and Wildlife discovered a small population of greenback cutthroat trout in Bear Creek, on the southwest edge of Colorado Springs ...

In 1937, the greenback cutthroat was thought to be extinct due to the species being wiped out by pollution from mining, pressure from fishing and competition from other trout species. Decades ...

Beforehand, during the week of Aug. 7, biologists will capture Yellowstone cutthroat trout via electroshocking. They'll be kept alive in upper tributaries away from the treatment area.

“(West slope cutthroat trout) is the only native species to this part of the state, and they’re disappearing pretty fast,” said Jim Olsen, a state fisheries biologist for the Big Hole River.