populations show signs of introgression with coastal rainbow trout. The American Fisheries Society has designated all three subspecies as Threatened since August 2008. Translocations outside of endemic range For sportfishing, the golden trout underwent many twentieth century translocations into multiple Western states and established populations survive in California, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington, Colorado, and Wyoming. Populations in the high-elevation lakes in the Ruby Mountains, Nevada, have died out. The current status in other states where the California golden trout were planted (Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon) lacks documentation. A self-sustaining introduced population also exists in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada; the province's golden trout population is managed by translocating fish between lakes to balance populations, but no new fish from other populations are introduced. Chuck Yeager and the New Mexico population When Colonel Chuck Yeager introduced one of his commanding officers, General Irving "Twig" Branch, to the Sierra Nevada populations of golden trout, Branch ordered Yeager and Bud Anderson to introduce the species to the mountain streams of New Mexico. However, the New Mexico populations have also died out. In his second autobiography, Press On, Yeager details his annual fishing trips to catch golden trout which he extols as one of the best game fish and best eating fish to be found. See also Garibaldi California state saltwater fish. References Other sources Oncorhynchus Trout, Golden Trout, Golden Trout, Golden Trout, Golden Fish described in 1892 Critically endangered fish Critically endangered fauna of California Symbols of California Subspecies Freshwater fish of North America