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Contact: Robin Knox
Coordinator, Western Native Trout Initiative
rknox@westernnativetrout.org
The Western Native Trout Initiative Announces Funding Approval for 2009 habitat development projects
The Western Native Trout Initiative, a venture of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and a National Fish Habitat Partnership, is pleased to announce that it has received approximately $600,000 for nine western native trout projects to be completed in 2009 or 2010. These funds are dedicated to the National Fish Habitat Action Plan by the US Fish and Wildlife Service from their annual Congressional appropriation.
The projects funded are:
• Georgetown Road Relocation Project, Bear River Basin, ID for Bonneville cutthroat trout
• Honey Creek Diversion #2 removal in Oregon for Redband trout restoration
• Panther Creek fish passage barrier removal in Washington for Westslope cutthroat trout
• Fish and habitat restoration in Santa Clara Creek in New Mexico for Rio Grande cutthroat trout
• East Fork Bear River Canal fish screen placement in Utah for Bonneville cutthroat trout
• Remove 2 fish barriers in Stony Creek in Montana for Westslope cutthroat trout
• Lower Deer Creek protective fish barrier in Montana for Yellowstone cutthroat trout
• Restore fish passage in Eccles Creek in Alaska for coastal cutthroat trout
• Place protective fish barrier in McDermott Creek in Nevada for Lahontan cutthroat trout
The projects sponsors should be communicating with the appropriate US Fish and Wildlife Service Office to complete the necessary paperwork for transfer of the funding from the Service to the project sponsors.
Upon completion of construction, project reports and photos will be posted on the WNTI website.
Be sure to visit westernnativetrout.org for a map showing past project locations and further information about the Western Native Trout Initiative.
