The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has revised the 2005 critical habitat designation for bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), a threatened species found throughout much of the Pacific Northwest and protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Approximately 18,975 miles of … Continued
On September 17-19, 2010, Wilderness Unlimited is offering the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman California organization an opportunity to conduct a fly fishing workshop on its Bidwell Ranch property. During the class, anglers can learn to fly fish from expert instructors in … Continued
A federal appeals court panel has ruled that wild steelhead remain an endangered species and rebuffed Central Valley irrigators’ efforts to relax federal government protections on the Pacific salmonid. Six irrigation districts had challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service decision … Continued
In an effort to improve the fishery in Colorado’s Animas River through Durango and the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, three agencies are working to stock 100,000 rainbow trout in the river annually. In early July, the Colorado Division of Wildlife … Continued
Whirling disease is caused by a microscopic parasite that was introduced to the United States from Europe in the 1950s. In Wyoming it affects trout and is spread through movement of infested fish and water or through mud that may … Continued