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| | Joe Moore Reservoir State Wildlife Area | | When this reservoir is full, there are 45 surface-acres of water. Fish species include; rainbow trout, largemouth bass & green sunfish. Sunfish & bass have spawning areas available. The Department of Wildlife has an annual stocking of 8,000 rainbow trout. | |
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| | Lone Dome State Wildlife Area | | This State Wildlife Area is located along the Dolores River just below the McPhee Reservoir. Fishing for rainbows and cutthroats range from fair to excellent depending on the current water levels. | |
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| | Narraguinnep Reservoir State Wildlife Area | | This SWA is a 600 acre irrigation reservoir and is managed as a warm-water fishery with walleye as the primary species. Other species include channel catfish, yellow perch, and stunted northern pike. | |
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| | Summit Reservoir State Wildlife Area | | This reservoir is managed primarily as a warm-water fishery for largemouth and smallmouth bass, and fishing is fair to good for both. This reservoir is periodically stocked with rainbow trout. | |
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| | Totten Reservoir State Wildlife Area | | This wildlife area has fish species that include many varieties of warm-water species, such as bluegill, largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, crappie, sunfish and channel catfish; recent stocking of largemouth bass and channel cat. | |
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| Mammals |
| | Canyons of the Ancients | | This area covers almost 164,000 acres of high desert in southwest Colorado. This area has the highest density of archaeological sites in the nation, most of them representing the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture. Visitors will find some intact structures, but most sites appear as rubble mounds to the untrained eye. | |
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| | Fish Creek State Wildlife Area | | This State Wildlife Area is located in a rugged country north of the West Dolores River. Fishing and small-game hunting are popular here. | |
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| | Lone Dome State Wildlife Area | | This State Wildlife Area is located along the Dolores River just below the McPhee Reservoir. Fishing for rainbows and cutthroats range from fair to excellent depending on the current water levels. | |
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| | Mancos Campground | | This park offers 32 individual campsites for your tents or trailers/RV's. None of the sites have hook-ups. Nine of the sites do NOT have water nearby.. | |
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| | Mancos State Park | | This state park encompasses 338 acres surrounding Jackson Gulch Dam and Reservoir. Mancos Lake is the recreation focus of the park. | |
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| Reptiles & Amphibians |
| | Canyons of the Ancients | | This area covers almost 164,000 acres of high desert in southwest Colorado. This area has the highest density of archaeological sites in the nation, most of them representing the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture. Visitors will find some intact structures, but most sites appear as rubble mounds to the untrained eye. | |
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