Wyoming G&F looks to secure water rights on five creeks crucial to Yellowstone cutthroat trout By Brendan LaChance on June 1, 2021
“Del Lobb, instream flow biologist with Game and Fish, conducts a stream flow assessment on Daniel Creek in 2019.” (Wyoming Game and Fish Department)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department said on Tuesday they are proposing securing instream flow water rights for sections of five creeks considered to be “crucial” native habitat for Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
The species has been limited to about 25% of its native range in Wyoming due to habitat changes and the presence of non-native species.
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Zebra mussel strike team formed
April 29, 2021
POWELL After years of diligently manning aquatic invasive species checkpoints with trained inspectors, testing water systems and preparing for the worst, invasive zebra mussels were delivered to Wyoming via first class mail.
For more than a decade, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has been actively planning and gearing up to keep damaging invasive species of mussels out of the state. It was once one of six states in the lower 48 proud to be mussel-free. That is, until this spring.
Invasive zebra mussels were found in aquarium moss purchased in a pet store, prompting the U.S. Geological Survey invasive aquatic species experts to trigger a national alert. That led to the discovery of the destructive shellfish in pet stores in at least 21 states, including Wyoming.
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CHEYENNE Governor Mark Gordon has convened an emergency response team to mitigate impacts and seek solutions to the discovery of invasive zebra mussels in Wyoming. The team, led by Director Brian Nesvik of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Director Doug Miyamoto of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, is working to remove the products that carry zebra mussels and contain their potential spread.
Last week, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, for the first time in the state, found zebra mussels in aquatic algae products sold primarily in pet stores known as moss balls. The mussels may be live and viable and have been on the market for an undetermined period of time. Subsequently, these mussels were found in over two dozen other states’ pet stores.
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