Trout Stream & Habitat Improvement Projects
2005
Rainey Creek
Project II With Trout Unlimited
Total Project Costs: $323,500
Rainey Creek, Swan Valley, South Fork of the Snake River, Idaho.
Trout Unlimited will continue to conduct major restoration work on the
lower part of the Rainey Creek sub-watershed and will replace impassible
culverts with new fish-friendly culverts on both the Little Burns Creek
and Trout Creek, tributaries to the South Fork of the Snake River in
Idaho.
Teton
Headwaters Cutthroat Trout Population Assessment With Friends Of The
Teton River
Total Project Costs: $65,520
Upper Teton watershed, Idaho. Friends of the Teton River (a
collaborative organization started by farmers, conservationists and
agencies) will assess cutthroat trout populations in the upper headwater
tributaries of the Teton River, and improve fishery habitat and water
quality (by restoring eroding banks and in-stream spawning gravels,
re-vegetating riparian areas and removing silt) on two Teton River
spring-fed tributaries.
Yellowstone
Cutthroat Trout Survey And Population Assessment With Henry's Fork
Foundation
Total Project Costs: $57,600
Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho. The Henry's Fork Foundation
will assess, protect and restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the
Henry's Fork of the Snake River and Sinks Drainages. The Henry's Fork
Foundation will collect data on distribution, estimates of
population size, genetic purity, diversity and habitat characteristics
of the surveys streams.
Teton Creek
Assessment, Restoration And Stewardship Project With Teton Regional Land
Trust
Total Project Costs: $99,742
Teton River, Driggs, Idaho. The Teton Regional Land Trust will
protect and restore habitat for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in
Teton Creek and improve recruitment of the trout in the Teton River.
They will restore Teton Creek by removing debris and log jams, reshape
the channels, plant riparian cover, restore two ponds, and redirect
livestock to alternative watering areas to allow for recovery.
Decline Of
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout With The University Of Wyoming-Laramie
Department Of Zoology And Physiology
Total Project Costs: $62,253
Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The University
of Wyoming will assess the degree to which the decline of the
Yellowstone cutthroat trout is related to lower invertebrate biomass and
production in Yellowstone Lake and in streams that feed the lake due to
fewer transported nutrients.
Midas Creek
Culvert Replacement With Montana Trout - Missoula
Total Project Costs: $14,000
Midas Creek tributary to Libby Creek, Kootenai River, Northwest Montana.
Montana Trout will replace a fish passage barrier culvert in Midas
Creek, a tributary to Libby Creek, which is a tributary to Kootenai
River in northwest Montana. Creating fish passage for bull trout,
redband trout, and westslope cutthroat trout is an important part of the
recovery strategy for these species and will enable them to have access
to two miles of spawning and rearing habitat for the first time in 40
years.
Snake River
Access And Riverbank Restoration With The Snake River Fund
Total Project Costs: $41,000
Jackson, Wyoming. The Snake River Fund, together with the
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Teton Conservation District, Teton County
Weed and Pest Department, and Friends of Pathways, will restore Snake
River riverbanks.
Snake River
Project With The Snake River Fund
Total Project Costs: $16,000
Jackson, Wyoming. The Snake River Fund, together with the
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, Teton County,
Wyoming Game & Fish Department, Trout Unlimited, and Friends of
Pathways, will work together to develop a comprehensive management plan
for the management and administration of the Bureau of Land Management's
(BLM) Teton County river front properties.
For more information, contact: Krystyna Wolniakowski,
wolniakowski@nfwf.org,
503-417-8700 extension 6005. |
