Talk: Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Bighorn Basin

Join us for a Lunchtime Expedition talk, "Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout: History, Management and Future Conservation Efforts in the Bighorn Basin," presented by Joe Skorupski, Fisheries Management Biologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
 

The in-person talk takes place in the Center’s Coe Auditorium, with a virtual option available at: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_K9dFVt46S0mFKn_HakbTeQ
 

The Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout is the only native trout in the Bighorn Basin. Habitat loss and activities such as the introduction of nonnative species have resulted in decreases from their historical range, classifying them as a species of greatest conservation need in the state of Wyoming. They currently occupy 17% of their historical habitat where they are not genetically altered by nonnative trout. The Wyoming Game and Fish makes a concerted effort to protect, enhance and restore populations of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. In 2021, a new Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Conservation Plan was finalized with a high level of public involvement. The presentation will focus on how we got here and future conservation efforts to manage Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Bighorn Basin.

Trout Unlimited has generously provided us with 100 Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout posters, which we will distribute free to the first 100 in-person attendees on April 6.