The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources stocks the creek with rainbow trout annually near Silver Lake. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has identified Big Cottonwood Creek as a Class II Fishery. This classifies the area as "a moderate to large productive stream with high aesthetic value where fishing and other recreational uses should be the primary consideration". It was determined to be an especially important water body due to its capacity to provide a strong resident trout fishery close to a metropolitan area. See also List of rivers of Utah Great Salt Lake Little Cottonwood Creek References Rivers of Utah Rivers of Salt Lake County, Utah Tributaries of the Jordan River (Utah) Wasatch Range