S1E25: 1.25 - History and Insight on Eleven Mile Reservoir - March 2, 2022
Colorado Outdoors - the Podcast for Colorado Parks and Wildlife
English - March 02, 2022 22:21 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWilderness Sports Science Nature colorado hiking bears boating mountain lion wildlifeconservation kayaking colorado 14ers mountain biking wildlife management Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Eleven Mile State Park is an expansive high-altitude grassland region of central Colorado. It is a prime location for ice fishing and anglers and writers consistently tout Eleven Mile’s large reservoir for its outstanding fishing. In this podcast episode we learn about its history, unique species and fishery management outlook for one of the great angling opportunities in the state of Colorado. We'll talk with Bryan Johnson, the hatchery manager for CPW's Mt. Shavano Hatchery along with Tyler Swarr, the aquatic biologist who oversee's management of the fishery. Then we'll close with CPW Senior Aquatic Biologist Jeff Spohn, who provides us with some of the history on Eleven Mile and how it developed over the previous decades.