Durango Fish Hatchery

The Durango Wildlife Museum is now open for the season! Come and learn more about the local wildlife species that can be found across Southwest Colorado. The Museum will be open 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Saturday and on Sunday's 11:00am to 3:00pm. For questions about the museum please call the Colorado Parks and Wildlife office in Durango at (970) 247-0855.

This week wrapped up the stocking of Haviland Lake. This year Haviland Lake received over 14,300 catchable rainbow trout averaging 10.2" in length, which comes out to a whopping 6290 pounds! Durango Fish Hatchery had some help from an enthusiastic helper who cheered them on as they unloaded the final 3696 fish this week. Thank you to all who made this possible!
Tight Lines Everyone!
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Durango

Durango Fish Hatchery has stocked the Animas River with catchable Cutt-Bows! These fish are Cutthroat Rainbow Trout Hybrids that are raised here at the Durango Fish Hatchery! So Far this year the Animas River in town has received over 1800 Cutt-Bows with an average length of 11.16 inches. That's about 1000 pounds of fish so far this year!

Waters that have been stocked this week with catchable sized Rainbow Trout include:

Dolores River through Dolores
Dolores River through Rico
San Juan River through Pagosa
East Fork of the San Juan River
West Fork Lakes

Thank you to everyone who made this possible!
Have a great weekend and Tight Lines Everyone!
Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Durango