Trout Stream & Habitat Improvement Projects
2004
Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Conservation Partnership: $223,500
Local Match: $677,686
Trout Unlimited: Rainey Creek Project
Partnership Funding: $62,000 Local Match: $143,000
Conduct restoration for trout by replacing culverts and improving
riparian and instream habitat.
Yellowstone Park Foundation – Fisheries Assessment of the Upper
Yellowstone River
Partnership Funding: $22,000 Local Match: $40,053
Conduct a systematic inventory of trout by tagging and tracking
cutthroat and monitoring river.
Wyoming Game & Fish Department: Blue Crane Creek Spawning and
Migration Enhancement
Partnership Funding: $10,000 Local Match: $104,000
Restore .5 mile of creek by removing silt to provide spawning and
juvenile rearing habitat for trout.
Friends of the Teton River: Teton Basin Spring Creek Restoration
Partnership Funding: $12,400 Local Match: $12,400
Restore habitat by restoring the riparian zones and removing silt to
better spawning areas for trout.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department: Upper Yellowstone River Basin Study
Partnership Funding: $10,000 Local Match: $51,292
Conduct a survey of movement patterns and other factors pertaining to
trout population dynamics.
Henrys Fork Foundation, Inc.: Henry's Lake Outlet Restoration Project
Partnership Funding: $30,300 Local Match: $34,291
Improve 1.5 miles of habitat for trout by re-directing an artificial
channel back it its historic course.
Teton Conservation District: Rehabilitation of Flat Creek, Teton
County
Partnership Funding: $50,000 Local Match: $189,000
Construct fish habitat structures on 1.5 miles of river to support
populations of native trout.
Bridger-Teton National Forest: Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Distribution and Mapping
Partnership Funding: $10,000 Local Match: $81,350
Take inventory, map and document the geographic distribution of
cutthroat trout.
Bridger-Teton National Forest: Annual Movements of Cutthroat Trout in
Headwater Tributaries
Partnership Funding: $16,800 Local Match: $22,300
Document geographic movement and behavior of trout and develop
management plans to protect populations.
For more information, contact: Krystyna Wolniakowski,
wolniakowski@nfwf.org,
503-702-0245. |
