Of Interest
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Saving Yellowstone Lake
By WES SMALLING Casper Star-Tribune staff writer
Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:06 AM MDT
For more than a decade, fisheries biologists at
Yellowstone National Park have been fighting
what seems to be a losing battle to save
Yellowstone Lake's vanishing native cutthroat
trout. But over the last couple of years, crews
have finally begun making some headway in
the war against the non-native predators that
have been driving the lake's native trout to the
brink.
And help may be on the way.
The East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout
Unlimited in Cody is spearheading an effort
with Yellowstone National Park and the U.S.
Geological Survey to raise $169,000 to fund a
research project that could help save
Yellowstone Lake's native cutthroat trout. The
four-year research project would be conducted
by scientists from Montana State University
and the USGS who would try to find ways to
eradicate unwanted lake trout by targeting
their eggs and spawning beds with a variety of
lethal methods, including electroshocking,
ultrasound, microwaves, biodegradable
polymers and fish-killing toxicants. more...
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New photos boost fly fishing
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Digital images of colorful fish and exotic places
that pop off the page at you are fueling a 21st-
century revival in fly fishing, the likes of which
the sport’s painstaking mechanics and
mandatory patience could never have
accomplished.
more...
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History of S.D. Fishing Captured in Book
PIERRE, S.D.– South Dakota State University,
with cooperation from the S.D. Department of
Game, Fish and Parks, has recently published a
book capturing the “History of Fisheries and
Fishing in South Dakota.”
The 477-page book compiles contributions
from a number of authors who share insight
on how fish management in this state has
evolved, culminating with a final chapter
entitled, “South Dakota Fisheries: Predictions
for the Next 20 Years.”
The book is available to the public through
Internet sale only. Copies may be purchased
for $10 by credit card from the Game, Fish and
Parks Web site at www.sdgfp.info, then clicking
on the link to “Shop GFP Online.”
Books are not available from any Game, Fish
and Parks office.
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