Colorado River Emergency Closure
Effective immediately, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has issued an emergency closure for all public access and downstream recreation on the Colorado River starting at James M. Robb-Colorado River State Park in Fruita and extending to the Utah state line. This closure is necessary for firefighter and public safety due to the Snyder Fire currently burning in McInnis Canyon. Learn more.
Arctic char are dark-colored on the back, with light sides, becoming white on the belly. They are covered in red to yellow spots without a blue halo around them. They also lack worm-like vermiculations on the back (as in brook trout). They have a slightly forked tail, and the leading edges of the ventral fins are white.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife began stocking arctic char in Lake Dillon in the 1990s. After a 10-year break, agency biologists began stocking the slow-growing fish again between 2008-2015.
