Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees collect eggs from trout at the Durango Fish Hatchery.
A male Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, is in full spawning color at Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Female Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, are sedated to make it easier for staff at the Durango Fish Hatchery to handle the fish. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Eggs are squeezed out of female Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, at Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Durango Fish Hatchery as staff collect about 900,000 eggs from 2,400 spawning fish. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Staff at Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Durango Fish Hatchery collect about 900,000 eggs from 2,400 spawning Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, by hand at the hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Eggs are squeezed out of a large female Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fertilized eggs from Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, are placed into iodine at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees, from left, Ryan Votta, Sarah Gump and Ben Hawthorne handle Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, during spawning at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, swim in the raceways at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees, from left, Patrick Healy; Ben Hawthorne, top; Ryan Votta; Sarah Gump; Toby Mourning, hatchery manager; and Sheryl Andrews, volunteer, handle Colorado cutthroat trout during spawning at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Milt is squeezed out of a male Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, to fertilize eggs at the Durango Fish Hatchery as staff collect about 900,000 eggs from the spawning fish. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees, from left, Ryan Votta, Sarah Gump and Ben Hawthorne handle Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, during spawning at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A male Colorado cutthroat trout, Weminuche strain, is in full spawning color at the Durango Fish Hatchery. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
