Finger Rock Rearing Unit
| Finger Rock Rearing Unit | |
|---|---|
  Location in Colorado  Location in United States | |
| General information | |
| Address | 27750 County Road 7C |
| Town or city | Yampa, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40°07′33″N 106°53′26″W / 40.1258176°N 106.8906018°W |
| Inaugurated | 1950 |
The Finger Rock Rearing Unit is a Colorado Parks and Wildlife cold water fish production facility located near Bear River in Routt County at the base of Flat Tops Wilderness Area.[1]
History
[edit]Finger Rock Rearing Unit was inaugurated in 1950.[2] The facility is 34 acres and spanning 7,999 ft - 8,219 ft in elevation[3] and is between two cattle ranches off Colorado Highway 131 south of Yampa.[4]
Mission
[edit]An overarching mission among the hatchery staff is creating healthy and sustainable populations of trout among Colorado's waters. DOW field biologists monitor these practices.[4]
Fish Species
[edit]Hatchery staff works to support the raising of 460,000 fingerling rainbow trout and brown trout, and 170,000 catchable-sized rainbow trout. They stock these species in as far north as Steamboat Lake to Poudre River Valley in northwestern Colorado. The fish are kept in hatchery and nursery ponds. Between these two areas, they hold approximately 650,000 fish.[4] Their source of water comes from a groundwater spring.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fish Hatcheries". cpw.state.co.us. Colorado Parks & Wildlife.
- ^ Wiltzius, William. "Fish Culture and Stocking in Colorado, 1872-1978" (PDF). Native Fish Lab. Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Finger Rok SFU (Hatchery)". cpw.state.co.us. Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b c DeLaCruz, Alexis (7 October 2007). "Finger Rock Fish Hatchery stocks fish, sustains healthy trout populations". Steamboat Pilot & Today. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ McGovern, Maura (18 January 2011). "Water Quality Control Vision Fact Sheet" (PDF). Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division: 1–24. Retrieved 30 April 2019.[permanent dead link]