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A look at whirling disease in Wyoming

A trout with whirling disease

The whirling disease parasite was first detected in Wyoming in 1988 in the upper portion of the North Platte River and later in the upper stretches of the Laramie River. Today, several waters in Wyoming have the parasite, which is harmless to humans. But that doesn’t mean Game and Fish is ignoring whirling disease. *In fact, the department has worked to prevent it from impacting fish in Wyoming and is looking into if the disease is preventing fish from thriving in some waters around the state. [ [link removed] ]*






Historic release of Trojan male brook trout to save cutthroat in Game Creek

Game and Fish personnel release brook trout

In *an unprecedented move for native cutthroat trout conservation* [ [link removed] ] efforts in Wyoming, a historic release of 3,600 Trojan male brook trout took place in Game Creek in the upper Snake River drainage.







Anglers on Flaming Gorge encouraged to target lake trout after reaching kokanee limit

Lake trout

As summer progresses, the Flaming Gorge Reservoir surface water temperatures will continue to increase, rapidly reaching temperatures lethal to kokanee. Summer anglers fishing for kokanee are encouraged to stop once they catch their limit of fish and *switch to fishing for a different species, like small lake trout. [ [link removed] ]*




Helicopter stocking of fish in backcountry lakes near Dubois and Lander

Game and Fish helicopter preparing to stock fish

Over the course of a few days, a total of *30 lakes were stocked with over 40,000 fingerling-sized fish* [ [link removed] ] (one and a half to three inches). The fish won’t grow to a catchable size for at least two years. The stocked species include brook trout, golden trout, tiger trout, rainbow trout, Yellowstone cutthroat trout and Snake River cutthroat trout.






Find a Wyoming AIS inspection location [ [link removed] ]




Boulder rearing station
[ [link removed] ] Boulder rearing station YouTube video [ [link removed] ]




Conserving wildlife, Serving people

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