DENVER (KDVR) — As wildfires rage across Colorado, people have evacuated from their homes, while wild animals have had to flee from theirs. However, one nature dweller who can't just pack up and go is the fish.

With water being a natural suppressor of fire, why does it matter?

Just ask Jim White, the Southwest Region Senior Aquatic Biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and Clay Kampf, the San Juan National Forest Supervisory Aquatic Biologist, who rescued over 250 cutthroat trout from the path of the Stoner Mesa Fire.

“We have seen the impacts fire can have on our rivers, streams and this important fish habitat firsthand. When you’ve got a rare or unique lineage of fish thriving in an area and suddenly they are threatened by a wildfire, we feel it is important to Colorado’s natural

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