Table 6 -- Characteristics of greenback cutthroat trout delivered to hatcheries, including hatchery used, year spawned, and source and number of eggs or milt sent to hatcheries for recovery efforts. If eggs were used, the number of females and males is given in parentheses. A number followed by a plus sign (+) indicates the minimum number of a sex that was used. If milt was used, the number of males providing milt is noted, and the number of containers used to ship the milt is given in parentheses. Hatchery abbreviations are: BFRH, Bellvue Fish Research Hatchery; BFTC, Bozeman Fish Technology Center; and SNFH, Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Missing data are denoted by a dashed line.

Hatchery	Year	Source	Eggs	Milt	Comments
Arkansas Basin
BFRH	1992	South Apache Creek	2,622 (---,---)
	1992	SNFH	12,006 (264,264)
	1993	Boehmer Reservoir	29,700 (---,---)
	1994	Boehmer Reservoir	58,996 (---,---)		In 1996, 660 offspring were mixed with 56, 1993 Boehmer Reservoir offspring.
	1995	Boehmer Reservoir	89,472 (---,---)
	1996	Boehmer Reservoir	9,824 (---,---)
SNFH	1984	Lytle Pond	1,743 (---,---)		Fish from both sources originated from Cascade Creek.
	1984	McAlpine Lake	5,556 (5,6)		In 1985, 504 offspring from both sources were mixed.
South Platte Basin
BFRH	1989	Como Creek	847 (4,18)		In 1989, 1020 offspring (77 from Como Creek, 688 from Hunters Creek, and 255 from Bear Lake) were mixed.
	1989	Bear Lake	602 (1,---)
	1989	Hunters Creek	3,688 (11,10)
	1989	Little South Fork Poudre River	282 (1,---)		Eggs infertile.
	1990	Upper Hutcheson Lake	305 (---,---)
	1992	Hunters Creek	1,185 (9,---)
	1992	Little South Fork Poudre River	760 (2,2)
	1993	Hunters Creek	1,768 (11,23)
	1994	Como Creek	580 (6,3+)		In 1996, 10 offspring were mixed with 100, 1993 Hunters Creek offspring.
	1995	Hunters Creek	4,734 (27,---)		In 1996, 800 offspring were mixed with 45, 1995 Little South Fork Poudre River offspring.
	1995	Little South Fork Poudre River	1,632 (---,---)
	1996	Upper Hutcheson Lake	6,948 (20,---)		In 1996, mixed with offspring of fish spawned in hatchery.
	1997	Hunters Creek	2,016 (13,18)
	1997	Upper Hutcheson Lake	4,600 (---,---)
BFTC	1977	Como Creeka
	1982	Hidden Valley Creek		12
	1983	Como Creek		8
	1983	Hidden Valley Creek		21
	1984	Como Creek		12(8)
	1984	Hidden Valley Creek		46(40)
	1985	Como Creek		40(---)	Up to 3 males per vial.
	1985	Hidden Valley Creek		24
	1986	Como Creek		18
	1986	Hunters Creek		9
	1986	Little South Fork Poudre River		2
	1987	Como Creek		16
	1987	Hunters Creek		17
	1988	Como Creek		26(23)
	1988	Hunters Creek		14
	1989	Como Creek		22
SNFH	1984	Little South Fork Poudre River	500 (3,1)		All eggs died.
_	1985	Little South Fork Poudre River	353 (9,24)	_	All fry died by February 1986.

^a In 1977, 66 juvenile and adult fish -- of which 64 survived -- were sent from Como Creek to the BFTC to found its South Platte Basin broodstock.

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Title: RMRS-GTR-88WWW: Table 6
Electronic Publish Date: January 22, 2002
Last Update: January 20, 2010

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