Darren, the westslope is a subspecies of cutthroat trout, just as sea-runs, lahonta, gila and others are subspecies. There is no "regular" cutthroat. And the fact that you and many others have caught westslopes (yup, that's what they are) in no way negates the fact that they are endangered. Their range is a small fraction of what it was in the not too distant past, and the hybridization with rainbows has further degraded the numbers of genetic westslopes.
One of the major problems with discussion of and further action on shrinking populations of many species, is the tendencies of far too many people to say things like, "I have along, with many others caught numerous cutts in the Crowsnest area", imagining that their experience in a limited area is indicitive of the over-all health across the wider range.
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