The Willow Fire burns near Leadville National Fish Hatchery (USFWS/Josh Homer) Burning pine needles were drifting down over the Leadville National Fish Hatchery on June 29 when Josh Homer made a hard call: get the fish out now.   The Willow Fire had...

The Greenback Cutthroat Trout has endured one  of the most dramatic conservation journeys of any species in the American West. Once presumed extinct, later rediscovered in an unexpected mountain stream, and now the focus of intensive restoration efforts,...

In the heart of Colorado’s rugged Front Range, a quiet revolution is unfolding beneath alpine waters. The Greenback Cutthroat Trout—once thought lost to history—is swimming its way back into native streams thanks to decades of tireless restoration. This...

High in the Arapahoe National Forest, we found something unexpected – Colorado Cutthroats close to Denver. Cutthroat trout are the only species native to the Rocky Mountains and we wanted to see if we could find them within 60 miles of the mile...