A public meeting about the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 5-9pm at the Montana, Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Office on North Meridian, Kalispell.
FWP biologists will explain the project and will also summarize the successful 2007 treatments of Black and Blackfoot lakes in the Jewel Basin area.
The Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project will treat up to 21 high mountain lakes spread over 10 years in the late fall using rotenone. This is a fish toxicant that is used to remove hybrid fish.
The hybrid fish will be removed to avoid interbreeding with westslope cutthroat trout. The treated lakes will then be restocked with pure westslope cutthroat trout the following spring.
The project aims to conserve native westslope cutthroat trout in the South Fork of the Flathead River. It is the major stronghold for westslope cutthroat trout in Montana. Maintaining the genetic purity of its population will be important in keeping it under state management.
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A public meeting about the Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 5-9pm at the Montana, Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Office on North Meridian, Kalispell.
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