Tag: lake trout

  • Some great Yellowstone Park news in battle to kill off lake trout!

    2012 was banner year for number of lake trout removed from Yellowstone Lake- Yellowstone cutthroat trout numbers are finally seen to be increasing in what once was the world’s greatest Yellowstone cutthroat trout fishery — Yellowstone Lake. A herculean effort over the last 3 years has resulted in the removal 300,000 of the invasive and…

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

    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…

  • Yellowstone asks for dollars to rid Yellowstone Lake of lake trout and for support to improve Park grizzly genetics

    Greater Yellowstone grizzlies are inbred and Yellowstone Lake far below biological potential due to its infestation with lake trout- The Associated Press reports that in a draft progress report to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Committee, Yellowstone Park is looking for a million dollars a year to rid Yellowstone Lake of lake…

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

    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…

  • Yellowstone Park’s goal is to boost native fish

    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…

  • Effort launched to save Yellowstone Park's cutthroat trout

    Effort launched to save Yellowstone Park’s cutthroat trout. Associated Press. I hope this tips the balance. The disasterous effect of the alien lake trout on Yellowstone’s cutthroat trout, coupled with whirling disease, is perhaps the most serious ecological problem in the Park, and a great loss to people who want to fish too.

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

    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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