Information About Wildlife Viewing In Cortez, Colorado
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Cortez, Colorado
Wildlife Viewing

Canyons of the Ancients - Mammals, Reptiles & Amphibians
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.

Fish Creek State Wildlife Area - Mammals
This State Wildlife Area is located in a rugged country north of the West Dolores River. Fishing and small-game hunting are popular here.

Groundhog Reservoir State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching
There are approximately 500 surface acres of water here at an elevation of 9,000 feet. Fishing and wakeless boating are popular here.

Joe Moore Reservoir State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching
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.

Lone Dome State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching, Mammals
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.

Mancos Campground - Mammals
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..

Mancos State Park - Mammals
This state park encompasses 338 acres surrounding Jackson Gulch Dam and Reservoir. Mancos Lake is the recreation focus of the park.

Narraguinnep Reservoir State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching
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.

Puett Reservoir State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching
This is a warm-water fishery managed primarily for walleye and smallmouth bass, but a few northern pikes can be found as well.

Summit Reservoir State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching
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.

Totten Reservoir State Wildlife Area - Bird Watching
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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