Wildlife, Fishing, and Ranching Features Wildlife Wildlife is an important part of Creek Ranch. Creek Ranch hosts a large variety of small and big game and bird populations. There is a substantial number of elk and deer on the Ranch. So much that a Division of Wildlife easement protects critical elk calving grounds. Small game is plentiful and the birds include Sharptail Grouse, Canadian Geese, ducks, and dove. In order to protect yet control the wildlife in numbers the Ranch can sustain, a Wildlife Management Plan is in place. The plan will change from year to year based on animal count, range conditions, and input by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. The Wildlife Management Plan will allow for hunting by homestead owners on over 1,000 acres in areas located a safe distance from the homesteads. There will be strict regulations regarding all hunting and use of firearms on the Ranch. Fishing Fishing is a large part of the Creek Ranch experience and consists of more than 3.17 channel miles of Trout Creek. The Creek Ranch represents Routt County's largest to-date private creek restoration program. The creek offers world-class fly-fishing. Three separate lakes compliment the creek fishing and allow owners premium lake fishing. Restoration and enhancement of Trout Creek was completed in the Spring of 2000. The riparian habitat completion and stewardship earned "Creek Ranch" the 2000 Colorado Riparian Association's "Excellence in Riparian Management" award. The Ranch has its own on-call River Keeper whose job is to make sure there is superb fishing and that stewardship of the stream is followed per its design. The English beat system and angler rules and regulations are used to give homestead owners private access to water and ensure the stream is managed in a blue ribbon fishery manner. Ranching Ranching will continue at Creek Ranch and will be done utilizing the best ranch management, soil conservation, and rotation methods possible. Range biologists, together with wildlife biologists, are completing a comprehensive plan insuring that the Ranch will be more productive than it is today; even after homestead acreage is removed. The Ranch was previously known as the 7N and much of the Yowell Ranch. Purebred cattle were run on both ranches for more than 30 years. The Ranch has been part of the ranching community since the turn of the century. Currently, Ranch Association leases the ranch land to a rancher for hay production and running cattle. This income greatly offsets Association fees. Homestead owners enjoy guaranteed income without ranch management hassles and be surrounded by this western lifestyle.