ANGLERS: THE WORLD FAMOUS SOUTH FORK CUTTHROAT FISHERY IS IN YOUR HANDS

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ANGLERS THE WORLD FAMOUS SOUTH FORK CUTTHROAT
FISHERY IS IN YOUR HANDS
Photo courtesy of Mountain Sports Photography
The Yellowstone cutthroat trout population in the
South Fork of the Snake River is in serious
jeopardy. Non-native rainbow trout are
hybridizing with and rapidly displacing the
rivers native cutthroat. The South Fork
provides Idaho's last large river fishery for
Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
Loss of this population could not only have dire
implications for Yellowstone cutthroat trout
fisheries throughout the west, it would mean the
loss of a key component in the incredible
diversity of trout fisheries that Southeastern
Idaho is famous for.

• WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SAVE CUTTHROAT TROUT?
• Trout Unlimited and Idaho Fish and Game urge you
  to
• Harvest rainbow and hybrid trout in the South
  Fork and
• Release Yellowstone cutthroat trout