An Evaluation of a Potential Barrier to the Upstream Movement of Brook Trout in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Myrick C and Kondratieff M. 2004. An Evaluation of a Potential Barrier to the Upstream Movement of Brook Trout in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Technical Report NPS/NRWRD?NRTR-2005/337. NPS, Water Resources Division. Ft. Collins, Colorado
Successful reclamations of stream reaches for reintroductions of native greenback cutthroat trout and Colorado River cutthroat trout largely debends on permanently excluding competeing trout species, particularly brook trout. Such exclusion requires barriers to upstream trout movements. This report talks about a potential fish barrier on the Cache La Poudre River.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Myrick, Christopher; Kondratieff, Matthew
- Date of Issue
- 2004-01
- Publisher
- NPS, Water Resources Division
- Units
- ROMO , WRD
- Keywords
- Barriers, Brook Trout, Brown Trout ( Salmo trutta), fish movement, Fishery Resources, Greenback Cutthroat, Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias, potential barrier, Salvelinus fontinalis, upstream movement, waterfall measurements, WRBIB