Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Upper Yellowstone River Basin Study
PROJECT NUMBER 2003-0208-003
NFWF & JHOF Partnership: $12,400
Local Match: $12,400
In 1921, the Game and Fish Commission was established to provide citizen
oversight to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The Commission is
made up of seven officials, appointed by the Governor, who each
represent a region in the state. The Commission serves as the policy
making board responsible for the direction and supervision of the
Director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and through the
Department provides an adequate and flexible system of control,
propagation, management and protection and regulation of all wildlife in
Wyoming.
The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation - National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Conservation Partnership Program is providing funding for
this project to help ensure the long-term conservation of Yellowstone
Cutthroat
 Trout
which are the last remaining large contiguous refugium Yellowstone
Cutthroat trout under Wyoming Game and Fish Department jurisdiction is
in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin. However, sampling of this drainage
has been extremely limited. To determine what would make healthy habitat
characteristics within the watershed it is necessary to survey and
document the status of this important subspecies, including population
dynamics, fish health, genetic structure, size structure and movement
patterns. These characteristics will provide information to make macro
habitat associations and will allow for the development of management
strategies for the preservation of this important resource.
Project Status:
This project was just approved and the grantees have just received their
contracts. Implementation of the project will begin shortly.
For more information, contact: Jason Burckhardt,
Jason.Burckhardt@wgf.state.wy.us,
307-527-7125.
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