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Description:Photos for page in Aquatics exhibit: https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/exhibits/show/cpw-aquatics-research/aquatic-toxicology-water-stand
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Evaluation of Longrie-Fectau fish passage structure
- Video presentation (19:37), 3/5/2022 by Ryan Fitzpatrick
href="https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/347" class="permalink">From gold mining to gold medal fishery: evaluating the fishery response to stream restoration on the Upper Arkansas River in Colorado
- Video presentation (20:09), 5/2021 by Eric Richer
Fundamentals of fish habitat restoration
- Video (48:34), 12/6/2021 of presentation by Matthew Kondratieff to Dr. Myrick's FW 204 Introduction to Fisheries Biology course at CSU
Plains fish identification training improves staff performance and data quality
- Video presentation (19:57), 12/13/2021 by Ryan Fitzpatrick
Research and work done on establishing whirling-disease resistant trout in Colorado
- Video presentation (49:55), 2/11/2022 by Eric Fetherman
Response of trout populations and pool depths to large wood in streams
- Video presentation (59:55), 11/20/2021 by Matthew Kondratieff at AFS meeting
Saving Colorado‘s Greenback Cutthroat Trout with Dr. Kevin Rogers
- Audio recording (39:30), 9/26/2021 of Fisheries podcast interview with Dr. Kevin Rogers
Scientific solutions for fisheries management
- Video presentation (24:59), 2021 by George Schisler giving an overview of the Aquatic Research Section and how the researchers use a science-based approach to their work
Superfund sites, gold mining to Gold Medal water
- Audio recording (27:51), 4/11/2022 of Colorado Outdoors podcast interview with Eric Richer and Paul Foutz
The native three
- Video (12:09),9/23/2022 - Colorado Parks and Wildlife's aquatic research scientists have embarked on multiple projects to protect the three fish species native to the Upper Colorado River Basin (Flannelmouth Sucker, Bluehead Sucker and Roundtail Chub). This video, ‘The Native Three’ helps tell that story. Produced by Sean Ender, Peak to Creek Films, featuring Zachary Hooley-Underwood.
The role of Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Restoring Colorado Rivers
- Matt Kondratieff (Presentation, AFS Western Division Annual Meeting, May 11-15, 2025, Westminster, CO). Colorado’s rivers share a historic legacy of impairment similar to those found in other Western U.S. streams including impacts from wood removal, beaver trapping, mining, agricultural practices, urbanization, and water development. For nearly 50 years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has engaged in passive and mechanical forms of aquatic habitat restoration to help restore ecological and geomorphic functions in impaired aquatic systems using a variety of experimental techniques, design philosophies, and naturally-sourced materials. This presentation covers some of the history and unique aspects of CPW’s role in restoring Colorado’s streams.
Whitewater park projects: guidance for reviewing 404 documents
- Video presentation (20:27), 11/10/2021 by Matthew Kondratieff
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Description:Pdfs of aquatic journal articles, whitepapers, etc. linked in the Aquatics Research exhibit. Not a public page. Put here if don't want to create a separate item.
Description:One to two page summaries of aquatics research projects.
Print copy located in CPW Research Library: FILE Fact Sheets Aquatics
Description:Non public page to hold files for Professional Aquatic Research page.
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Description:The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA) was created in 1989 with the passage of Colorado State House Bill 1253. Operating under the original Arkansas River Recreation Management Plan (ARRMP), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Colorado State Parks forged a groundbreaking intergovernmental agreement in 1989 proving that, with the support of the public users, this kind of partnership can be very successful. Building on the 1989 Arkansas River Recreation Management Paln, a new management plan was released in 2001. AHRA is now managed through a partnership between the BLM, CPW, and the U.S. Forest Service. The 2001 plan was revised in 2019: Final Management Plan and Environmental Assessment: Arkansas Headwaters Recreation AreaAnnual reports from 2000-current are available in digital format (see links to the right). For current information on AHRA, download the brochure and visit the website. [show more]
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Subjects: Black bear
Human-bear conflict
Bear-resistant containers
Public perception
Human-bear conflict
Bear-resistant containers
Public perception
Type:Article
Subject:Black bear
Human-bear conflict
Bear-resistant containers
Public perception
Human-bear conflict
Bear-resistant containers
Public perception
Description:Human-black bear conflicts within urban environments have been increasing throughout North America, becoming a high priority management issue. The main factor influencing these conflicts is black bears foraging on anthropogenic foods within areas of human development, primarily on residential garbage. Wildlife professionals have advocated for increased bear-proofing measures to decrease the accessibility of garbage to bears, but little research has been conducted to empirically test the effectiveness of this approach for reducing conflicts. Between 2011 and 2016, we conducted a before-after-control-impact experiment in Durango, Colorado where we distributed 1,110 bear-resistant trash containers, enhanced education, and increased enforcement to residents in 2 treatment areas, and monitored 2 paired control areas. We examined the ecological and social outcomes of this experiment, assessing whether bear-resistant containers were effective at reducing conflicts; the level of public compliance (i.e., properly locking away garbage) needed to reduce conflicts; whether the effectiveness of bear-resistant containers increased over time; and if the distribution of bear-resistant containers changed residents’ attitudes about bear management, support for ordinances that require bear-proofing, or perceptions of their future risk of garbage-related conflicts. After the bear-resistant containers were deployed, trash-related conflicts (i.e., observations of strewn trash) were 60% lower in treatment areas than control areas, resident compliance with local wildlife ordinances (properly locking away trash) was 39% higher in treatment areas than control areas, and the effectiveness of the new containers was immediate. Conflicts declined as resident compliance with wildlife ordinances increased to approximately 60% (by using a bear-resistant container or locking trash in a secure location), with minor additional declines in conflicts at higher levels of compliance. In addition to these ecological benefits, public mail surveys demonstrated that the deployment of bear-resistant containers was associated with increases in the perceived quality of bear management and support for ordinances that require bear-proofing, and declines in the perceived risk of future trash-related conflicts. Our results validate efforts by wildlife professionals and municipalities to reduce black bear access to human foods, and should encourage other entities of the merits of bear-proofing efforts for reducing human-bear conflicts and improving public attitudes about bears and their management. © 2018 The Wildlife Society. [show more]
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Subjects: Greater sage-grouse
<em>Centrocercus urophasianus</em>
Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region
Wildlife habitat improvement
Northwestern Colorado
<em>Centrocercus urophasianus</em>
Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region
Wildlife habitat improvement
Northwestern Colorado
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Subject:Greater sage-grouse
<em>Centrocercus urophasianus</em>
Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region
Wildlife habitat improvement
Northwestern Colorado
<em>Centrocercus urophasianus</em>
Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region
Wildlife habitat improvement
Northwestern Colorado
Description:Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region of western Colorado face at least two major potential stressors: projected habitat loss from energy development and a long-term decline in habitat suitability associated with pinyon-juniper (PJ) encroachment. PJ removal may be a useful mitigation tool to offset potential habitat losses associated with energy development. Although PJ removal is commonly used to improve habitat for greater sage-grouse, no studies to date have quantified the timing or magnitude of how birds respond to treatments. Since 2008, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has cooperated with industry and landowner partners to investigate the effectiveness of PJ removal for restoring sage-grouse habitat in the PPR. In fall 2008, I established nine “survey” study plots, arranged in three groups of three, with each group consisting of a sagebrush control plot, an untreated PJ control plot, and a PJ treatment plot. Treatments were completed on the three treatment plots in 2010 and 2011. [show more]