Trout

With the habitat shrinking for Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, fish and wildlife officials are working to return the fish to a river in the Mountain West.

With the habitat shrinking for Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, fish and wildlife officials are working to return the fish to a river in the Mountain West.

Nationwide, millions of barriers, like dams, are plugging up rivers and streams. These man-made barriers make it hard for fish to move freely and lay eggs. Now, the federal government is spending more than $200 million to reopen spawning grounds for fish, which includes an effort to recover an endangered species sacred to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in Nevada.

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year, twelve states across the US will receive federal funding to address record droughts in the West. Three organizations in Idaho will use the grant money to focus on local water restoration projects.

Two of the nation’s largest trout farms are joining forces, and they’re both based in Idaho's Magic Valley. Riverence Holdings recently purchased its…

Cutthroat trout face a lot of threats in Idaho, chief among them invasive fish and habitat loss. Wildlife officials say white pelicans are also putting a…

A new $20 million grant will help three of the state’s top universities study how trout and sagebrush are adapting to changing environmental conditions.…

A new study published in Science magazine found that many of the world’s trout species are facing extinction due to climate change, overfishing and...

A unique group of conservationists, ranchers and miners was recently awarded a $430,000 federal grant to continue rehabilitation of a native Idaho trout.…

Scientists say a voracious species of trout that entered Yellowstone Lake and decimated its native trout population appears to be in decline following…