Rainbow Trout Removal on South Fork of the Snake

April 27, 2023 By: Spencer Durrant

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Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie

The Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) announced that they will once again start manual removal of rainbow trout from the South Fork of the Snake River. This is an effort to protect the genetic purity of the native Yellowstone River cutthroat trout that call the Snake River home.

You can learn more about this project here.