Tippets: Trail Work for Greenbacks, Return of Alligator Gar, Balancing Pelicans and Trout

August 10, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • Work to re-route trails near the Bear Creek population of greenback cutthroat trout will protect the creek from erosion and the unique population from sediment from the hiking and biking trails. Via The Colorado Springs Gazette.
  • Alligator gar are being re-stocked in Illinois lakes to combat Asian carp. And “Illinois lawmakers passed a resolution urging state natural resources officials to speed up its program and adopt regulations to protect all four gar species native to the state,” reports Tammy Webber of the Associated Press.
  • Nesting pelicans on Gull Island in Blackfoot Reservoir eat a daily five pounds of fish each, some of which are the native Yellowstone cutthroat trout. “It’s going to take several years of meeting pelican objectives before we have a balance that will work with cutthroat trout objectives,” says David Teuscher, Idaho Department of Fish and Game regional fisheries manager. Kris Millgate writes about feathers vs. fins in this article via The Nature Conservancy.