WNTI Partners receive award for exemplary Gila trout project

  Representatives from Region 2 US Fish and Wildlife Service: New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Mora National Fish Hatchery; US Forest Service: Gila National Forest… Read More →

Western Native Trout Initiative awards funding to 7 community-based projects

The Western Native Trout Initiative (WNTI), a venture of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and a National Fish Habitat Partnership, is pleased to announce the selection of 7 community-based projects… Read More →

300,000 lake trout culled from Yellowstone Lake

From Seattle PI Monday, November 12, 2012 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — An effort to cull invasive species from Yellowstone Lake has removed more than 300,000 lake trout this year. The number of… Read More →

Threatened Gila trout returned to home streams in southwestern NM

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / Associated Press   ALBUQUERQUE – Biologists are getting help from a team of mules as they return thousands of threatened Gila trout to their home streams in southwestern New… Read More →

Collaborative 640 acre land purchase benefits native trout in Montana

MISSOULA, MT – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Five Valleys Land Trust have teamed up to buy 640 acres northwest of Seeley Lake from Plum Creek Timberlands. The property includes a vulnerable… Read More →

U.S. FOREST SERVICE INVITES PUBLIC INPUT ON MANAGEMENT OF BEAR CREEK – HOME TO LAST PURE GREENBACK CUTTHROAT TROUT

From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 26, 2012 – Bear Creek on the Pike National Forest is home to the sole remaining population of pure greenback cutthroat trout. This… Read More →

$560,000 Awarded for Community-based Projects that Benefit Western Native Trout Watersheds

For Immediate Release Contact: Robin Knox Coordinator, Western Native Trout Initiative (303) 236-4402  wnti.rknox@wispertel.net Lakewood, CO -The Western Native Trout Initiative (WNTI) and our partners are pleased to award $560,000 in funding toward… Read More →

Kalispel Tribe Signs $39.5 Million Deal to Bolster Native Trout

Originally posted on indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com By Jack McNeel The Kalispel Tribe has signed an agreement that will provide $39.5 million from the federal government to fund a 10-year program to help restore bull trout… Read More →

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout in Utah’s Sheep Creek get a lift

Originally posted on utah.gov Vernal — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is gearing up for the Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project for the Middle Fork of Sheep Creek in the… Read More →

Slinkard Creek Restoration Key To Preserving Native Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

from our friends at caltrout.org Near Monitor Pass lies Slinkard Creek, a beautiful little tributary of the West Walker River. It’s found within Slinkard Valley — a DFG Wildlife Refuge accessible only by… Read More →