Biologists from Colorado Parks and Wildlife staged a daring rescue into the Gold Mountain Fire near Ouray and Ridgway on July 15, 2026, to save a unique, native cutthroat. Colorado Parks & Wildlife were able to rescue more than 100 of the species before conditions forced them to leave. Biologists from Colorado Parks and Wildlife staged a daring rescue into the Gold Mountain Fire near Ouray and Ridgway on July 15, 2026, to save a unique, native cutthroat. — Eric Gardunio, Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologist“These beautiful fish represent a living part of the history of this place,” Gardunio told Colorado Outdoors Magazine. In the case of the Uncompahgre cutthroat trout, it may not fit those definitions perfectly, but a little context helps.