Game and Fish proposes six instream flow water rights to protect native trout

Game and Fish proposes six instream flow water rights to protect native trout

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking instream flow water rights for segments of six streams in the Bighorn National Forest. All segments are entirely on U.S. Forest Service lands in the Game and Fish’s Cody Region.The proposed water rights are important to maintaining populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout in their native range.Three of the proposed instream flow segments are Buckskin Ed Creek, Cedar Creek and Sol…

Lamprey controlled, lake trout stocking to end - Vermont Daily Chronicle

The effort has been greatly helped be targeting sea lamprey which were attacking the trout.