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  • Radio tagged lake trout to be used as one method to bring their demise in Yellowstone Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    Finding where the mackinaw spawn via transmitter should help zero in on them- We recently ran a story on the need for more money for Yellowstone Park to get ahead in their battle against the non-native, illegally planted lake trout that have all but wiped out cutthroat trout from Yellowstone Lake.  One of the most…

  • In Yellowstone, Killing One Kind of Trout to Save Another

    Ralph Maughan

    Tiny radio transmitters attached to lake trout may allow managers find and destroy their spawning beds- The illegal or accidental introduction of lake trout to Yellowstone Lake has heavily damaged the native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Fishery in the Lake, and more importantly in the spawning streams where they used to provide food for many kinds…

  • The awful Spread Creek Dam in Grand Teton NP to be removed

    Ralph Maughan

    Gradual purchase of private lands made the dam pointless- You have probably crossed Spread Creek if you visited Grand Teton National Park. It is a broad swath of gravel with a tiny stream running through the sun-baked rocks. I didn’t know the cause of this for many years. Finally I was shown the crumbling old…

  • Yellowstone Park’s goal is to boost native fish

    Ken Cole

    Park hopes to reduce invasive trout species The only native trout in Yellowstone National Park are Yellowstone and Westslope Cutthroat, and Arctic Grayling. Over the years those species have been reduced in population due to competition, predation, and hybridization due to other introduced trout. Lake trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout have become well established…

  • Pelicans in Idaho versus Yellowstone Cutthroat — rare bird versus rare fish?

    Ralph Maughan

    No. That’s a story line intended for the media. The reality is more prosaic- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has just made a controversial decision to make a big reduction in pelicans at Idaho’s two pelican nesting colonies. They are at Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge on the Snake River and Blackfoot River Reservoir in…

  • Gill-netting culls 73,000 lake trout from Yellowstone Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    Gill-netting culls 73K lake trout from Yellowstone Lake. By Mike Stark.Billings Gazette. The more nets they throw into Yellowstone Lake, the more pesky lake trout they seem to catch. Despite the increase haul of this introduced cutthroat trout-eating predator, the Yellowstone cutthroat are just barely holding their own, if that.

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