2006 NFHAP WY La Barge Creek Fish Barrier

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Managing Agency/Organization:
Type of Organization: State Government
Project Status: Completed
Project type: WNTI Project
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Trout species benefitted:
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The Wyoming Game and Fish department is actively working to protect and restore Colorado River Cutthroat trout(CRCT) in drainages withgin the Green River Basin. A barrier needs to be modified to ensure that the other habitat and CRCT populations are protected.

Objectives:
  • Renovate a barrier and approximately 1 mile of instream habitat to prevent upstream migration on non-native salmonids
Partners:
  • Trout Unlimited, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Funding Source(s):
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Project cost: $56,000.00
Start Date: 03/05/2007 Completion Date: 10/26/2007

Project contact

Hilda Sexauer
Fishery Biologist
WGFD
Pinedale, Wyoming
Submitted on: May 05, 2010