Wal-Mart Helps Protect Critical Bull Trout Habitat

May 24, 2006 By: Marshall Cutchin

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Wal-Mart Stores announced a grant to Trout Unlimited that will help preserve 28,000 acres of the St. Joe River basin in Idaho. “The site, located in Shoshone County, lies within the St. Joe River and Coeur d’Alene/Spokane River basin in the panhandle of northern Idaho. It supports the only remaining spawning populations of threatened bull trout in the basin, and has been described as the best cutthroat trout fishery on the west side of the Rocky Mountains.” From a press release on Biz.yahoo.com.