Trout Unlimited installs fish screens to protect native cutthroat trout in Spread Creek

The Jackson area is home to a population of relatively genetically pure native cutthroat trout. In many other parts of the West, cutthroat trout have hybridized with rainbow trout. But a set of irrigation ditches off of Spread Creek have created a barrier for the Jackson area trout on their migrations. The fish get swept into irrigation ditches and eventually become stranded.

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