Catalog of Habitat Projects Funded By the Western Native Trout Initiative
The Western Native Trout Initiative would like to thank all partners who apply for funding support each year. We appreciate your efforts to conserve western native trout! Together, we have made a positive impact for native trout conservation in the West.
2024
In addition to the 2024 habitat project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP), partners have secured additional matching funds totaling $1,812,877 for these projects.
IDAHO
- Lower McCoy Creek Wet Meadow Restoration (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout)
MONTANA
- Mill Creek Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Fish Passage Reconnection Project (Bull Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout)
2023
In addition to the 2023 habitat project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP), partners have secured additional matching funds totaling $7,547,904 for these projects.
ALASKA
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
- Clear Fork of Muddy Creek Cutthroat Restoration Barrier Project (Colorado River Cutthroat Trout) READ the final report
IDAHO
- Reconnecting Canyon Creek (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout)
WYOMING
- River Bend Ranch Restoration and Passage Project (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout) READ the final report
- South Flat Creek Channel Restoration Phase 2 (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout)
2022
In addition to the 2022 habitat project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP), local partners have secured additional matching funds totaling $655,406 for these projects.
COLORADO
IDAHO
- Blackfoot River Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Habitat Improvement READ the final report
- Rainey Creek Restoration Bridge-to-Bridge Phase 2 (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout) READ the final report
In addition to the 2022 project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership program, the Resources Legacy Fund contributed funding toward a high priority project in Oregon.
OREGON
- Muddy Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Enhancement (Goose Lake Interior Redband Trout) READ the final report.
2021
In addition to the 2021 project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) program, the NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation funded one additional project in Alaska this year.
ALASKA
MONTANA
- Selway Creek Watershed Westslope Cutthroat Trout Restoration (Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Arctic Grayling)
WYOMING
- Spread Creek Fish Passage Project Phase 2 (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout) READ the final report Watch a film about Spread Creek Read a press release about the Spread Creek project
- Wood River Passage Project WY (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout)
IDAHO, MONTANA, NEVADA, UTAH, WYOMING
- A Rangewide YCT Genetic Assessment to Direct Management and Conservation Strategies to Enhance Population and Species Persistence (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout)
2020
In addition to the 2020 project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish Passage Program, American Sportfishing Association’s FishAmerica Foundation, NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation, and the Western Native Trout Challenge each contributed funding toward these important projects this year.
COLORADO
MONTANA
- Wall Creek Fish Barrier (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout)
- Eagle Creek Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Connectivity READ the final report
- Cottonwood Creek Fish Passage Barrier Project for Native Fish Security (Westslope Cutthroat Trout)
OREGON
- The Greater Williams Prairie Restoration Area (Interior Redband Trout)
- Deep Creek Starveout Diversion Project (Interior Redband Trout) READ the final report
UTAH
WASHINGTON
WYOMING
- Spread Creek Fish Passage Project Phase 2 (Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout) Watch a film about Spread Creek.
2019
In addition to the 2019 project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership, local partners have secured additional matching funds totaling $2.186 million dollars for these projects.
COLORADO
IDAHO
MONTANA
- Selway Meadows Westslope Cutthroat Trout Population Restoration (MT) READ the final report
- Wall Creek Fish Barrier (MT)
- Yaak Headwaters Restoration Partnership Project (MT) READ the final report
NEW MEXICO
OREGON
- Central Oregon Interior Redband Genetic Status Project (OR)
- Deep Creek Floodplain Restoration Project -Phase 2 (2019) (OR)
2018
In addition to the 2018 project funding provided by WNTI through the National Fish Habitat Partnership, local partners have secured additional matching funds totaling $2.33 million dollars for these projects.
COLORADO
IDAHO
- Kootenai River GMU Redband Assessment (ID)
- Tincup Creek Stream Restoration Project, Phase 2 (ID) Watch a short film about Tincup Creek News article about Tincup Creek
NEW MEXICO
OREGON
WYOMING
2017
In addition to the 2017 project funding provided by WNTI, local partners have secured additional matching funds totaling $4.3 million dollars for these projects.
IDAHO
- Tincup Creek Stream Restoration Read the final report Watch a short film about Tincup Creek Tincup Creek in the news
OREGON
- Boundary Creek Fish Passage Enhancement
- Deer Creek Floodplain Enhancement Project Read the final report.
- Deep Creek Floodplain Restoration Project
- Lower Staley Creek Floodplain Restoration
- Whychus Canyon Restoration Project – Phase II Read the final report.
MONTANA
- North Fork Spanish Creek Westslope Cutthroat Trout Restoration Watch a time lapse video of the construction of the barrier. Read the final report.
UTAH
2016
IDAHO
- “k’wne’ ‘ulchiyark’wmntsut” (Hangman Creek Relict Channel and Floodplain Reconnection) (ID) to benefit Redband Trout – FINAL REPORT Photos from the project
- Connecting Teton Creek: Green Property Habitat and Stream flow restoration (ID) to benefit Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout – FINAL REPORT
MONTANA
- Miners Gulch Stream and Riparian Restoration Project (MT) to benefit Bull Trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout – FINAL REPORT Watch a short video about this project
- 2018 monitoring report
- Mulherin Fish Screen & Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Entrainment Prevention (MT)
UTAH
WASHINGTON
- The rapid, range-wide, eDNA-based assessment of Bull Trout distributions: Wenatchee River basin (WA)
- Swauk Creek RM 17.3 to 18.8 Floodplain Reconnection Design (WA) to benefit Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Resident Rainbow Trout, Steelhead
2015
2014
NEW MEXICO
OREGON
- Sun Creek historic channel reconnection to improve Bull Trout and Redband Trout habitat, OR – FINAL REPORT Watch a video produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about the Sun Creek project
- Yankee Run Creek (Coquille River) LWD restoration for Coastal Cutthroat Trout, OR – FINAL REPORT
UTAH
- Clear Creek Bonneville Cutthroat Trout restoration project, UT – FINAL REPORT
2013
- Bear Creek sediment mitigation project – Phase I – FINAL REPORT
- Teton River Canyon – Canyon Creek fish passage restoration for Yellowstone cutthroat trout – FINAL REPORT
- Clear Creek native Bonneville cutthroat trout restoration – FINAL REPORT
- Fish passage: Milk Creek native Colorado River cutthroat trout habitat restoration – FINAL REPORT
- Coastal cutthroat trout range-wide status assessment – FINAL REPORT
- Fish screen – North Ditch Diversion, North Fork Sprague River – FINAL REPORT
- Grouse Creek restoration project, Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho – FINAL REPORT
- Assess Gila trout populations, potential recovery streams impacted by the Whitewater-Baldy Fire, NM – FINAL REPORT
- Susie Creek fish barrier to re-establish Lahontan cutthroat trout, Elko, NV – canceled
- Barrier removal to enhance bull trout migration in Lost Horse Creek
2012
ALASKA
- Protecting lacustrine habitat for Coastal Cutthroat Trout through reservation of water in Southeast Alaska FINAL REPORT
ARIZONA
- Haigler Creek Gila Trout habitat project, Arizona
- Assessment of potential Gila Trout restoration streams impacted by the Wallow Fire
CALIFORNIA
- Little Kern Golden Trout population assessment and post-fire monitoring/habitat assessment FINAL REPORT
COLORADO
MONTANA
- Chadbourne Dam fish passage project, Yellowstone River Basin, Montana FINAL REPORT
- Restoring genetically pure Westslope Cutthroat Trout to Elkhorn Creek, Montana FINAL REPORT
- Jocko River native trout restoration; Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana (YEAR 2 of project) – canceled
NEW MEXICO
OREGON
- Great Basin Redband Trout genetic assessment for priority setting, Oregon. FINAL REPORT
- Mabel Creek (Young’s River) resident Coastal Cutthroat Trout passage and habitat restoration FINAL REPORT
UTAH
- Weber River watershed improvements to enhance Bonneville Cutthroat Trout habitat, Utah FINAL REPORT
- Native Colorado River Cutthroat Trout restoration in the Middle Fork Sheep Creek Drainage, Utah
2011
- Middle Fork LeClerc Creek Fish Passage and Habitat for bull trout and Westslope cutthroat trout – FINAL REPORT
- Alaska Coastal cutthroat trout assessment – FINAL REPORT
- Interior redband trout range-wide status assessment – FINAL REPORT
- Bear Creek habitat improvement for Greenback cutthroat trout
- Crow Creek Restoration and Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat improvement, phase 2
- Tanques Creek barrier renovation for Rio Grande cutthroat trout
- Rio Ruidoso Creek habitat restoration for Rio Grande cutthroat trout
- Chalk Creek fish passage and canal screening for Bonneville cutthroat trout – FINAL REPORT
- Jocko River bull trout native trout restoration – canceled
- Naches River/Eschbach Park levee removal for bull trout
2010
Bear Creek (CO) habitat improvement and protection for Greenback cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
Deep Creek and Crazy Creek fish passage and habitat restoration for redband trout FINAL REPORT
Four Mile Creek population restoration and improvement – Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Protect coastal cutthroat habitat via water reservations in Alaska FINAL REPORT
St. Charles Creek fish screen and habitat stabilization – Bonneville cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
Therriault Creek habitat restoration – bull trout FINAL REPORT
West Fork Oak Creek climate studies and Gila trout restoration
Renovation of barrier to protect Rio Grande cutthroat trout in Tio Grande Creek, NM
Middle Fork Thompson Creek, Colorado, riparian fence exclosure – Colorado River cutthroat trout
2009
East Fork Bear River, Utah, fish screen design and placement – Bonneville cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
Eccles Creek Watershed, Alaska, road fish passage and habitat restoration – Coastal cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
Fish passage and screens at two diversions on Eagle Creek (Powder River), Oregon – Bull trout
Fritz Creek livestock exclosure Sinks’ Drainages, Idaho – Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Georgetown road relocation project, Bear River population, Idaho- Bonneville cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
Honey Creek, Oregon, diversion 2: Redband trout restoration and Warner sucker recovery
McDermitt Creek, Nevada, fish migration barrier to protect a Lahontan cutthroat trout population FINAL REPORT
Panther Creek, Washington, passage barrier removal -Westslope cutthroat trout
Reconnecting 2.4 miles of North Thompson Creek, Colorado – Colorado River cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
Restoration of Rio Grande cutthroat trout in the headwaters of Santa Clara Creek, New Mexico FINAL REPORT
Restore one mile of Westslope cutthroat trout habitat, Short Creek, Coeur d’Alene River, Idaho
Stoney Creek, Montana, barrier removal- Westslope cutthroat trout
Shields River, MT, Lower Deer Creek Fish Barrier – Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (YCT) FINAL REPORT
2008
- Black Canyon, New Mexico, barrier renovation- Gila trout FINAL REPORT
- California golden trout population monitoring– WNTI COMPLETION REPORT FINAL REPORT
- Crooked Creek, Oregon, stream habitat improvement – redband trout
- Elk Creek Palisades Reservoir Yellowstone cutthroat trout passage project
- Georgetown Creek hydro headgate fish ladder, Idaho – Bonneville cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
- Habitat restoration in Polvadera Creek, New Mexico, for Rio Grande cutthroat trout
- La Garita Creek, Colorado, native fish restoration project – Rio Grande cutthroat trout
- Lower McDermitt Creek fish barrier to protect Lahontan cutthroat metapopulation
- Maggie Creek fish migration barrier to protect a Lahontan cutthroat trout population in the Maggie Creek subbasin
- North Fork of Ahtanum Creek, Washington, gauging station fish passage project – bull trout
- Protection of Alamitos Creek population of Rio Grande cutthroat trout
- Redband trout range-wide status review and workshop
- Redband trout status and protocol evaluation in Washington state
- Restore 3 miles of Cunningham Creek, Colorado, for Colorado River cutthroat trout
- Teton Creek, Idaho, habitat restoration for Yellowstone cutthroat trout
- Trail Creek culvert replacement to benefit redband trout in Elko County, Nevada FINAL REPORT
- Trapper Creek, Colorado, fence exclosure repair to benefit Colorado River cutthroat trout FINAL REPORT
- Westslope cutthroat trout range-wide status review FINAL REPORT
2007
- North Fork Little Snake River barrier for Colorado River Cutthroat Trout FINAL REPORT
- Transtrum Diversion Fish Passage Restoration for Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in St. Charles Creek FINAL REPORT
- Conklin Creek and Stinky Creek renovation project for Apache trout FINAL REPORT
- Wolf Creek, CO, Barrier Repair FINAL REPORT
- Restore 8 mi of Yellowstone cutthroat habitat, Rainey Creek, Snake River, ID FINAL PROJECT SUMMARY PHOTO
- Bonneville Cutthroat culvert renovation for 3 miles on South Fork Chalk Creek, UT FINAL REPORT
- Trout Creek Restoration for Redband Trout FINAL REPORT
- Bear Wallow Creek Fish Barrier to benefit Apache trout FINAL REPORT
- Reopen four miles of Yellowstone cutthroat habitat in Deep Creek, Salt River, ID
- Restoring 3 mi of Odell Spring Creek, MT: Phase 3 for westslope cutthroat
2006
- Badger Creek Flow and Habitat Restoration (ID) for bull trout FINAL PROJECT SUMMARY
- LaBarge Creek Restoration Project to benefit Colorado River Cutthroat Trout FINAL REPORT