When it comes to genetic diversity, the cutthroat blows all other trout out of the water. You’ll find them scattered across ...

The Dutchman Creek project proposed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would be the latest effort in a sustained campaign to save pure-strain westslope cutthroat trout in the Elkhorn Mountains.

Whitesitt submitted documentation of his released catch to the Idaho Fish and Game, and the agency verified it has a catch-and-release state record for Westslope cutthroat trout, the IFG reported ...

In this file photo from March 2023, Caleb Uerling, a fisheries biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, shares details of a fish tagging project along Silver Bow Creek with s ...

Northeast of Usk, a new $27 million fish hatchery might offer a simple albeit costly piece of the solution for one native trout: the westslope cutthroat. “This is the hatchery everyone wanted ...

Then it drops. Invasive species have been threatening Yellowstone’s native fish—Yellowstone and Westslope cutthroat trout and arctic grayling—since shortly after the park’s inception in 1872.

Westslope cutthroat trout are found in rivers (and some lakes) primarily throughout central and northern Idaho. They rarely exceed 20 inches, making Daniel Whitesitt’s April 13 catch a memorable ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — University of Montana graduate Colter Feuerstein conducted a study that analyzed westslope cutthroat trout and how genetic variation plays a role in conservation of threatened ...

For the first time in 50 years, westslope cutthroat trout are swimming in Hidden Lake again — a feat of conservation that Parks Canada experts have worked on for more than a decade to achieve.

Westslope cutthroat trout are found in rivers (and some lakes) primarily throughout central and northern Idaho. They rarely exceed 20 inches, making Daniel Whitesitt’s April 13 catch a memorable ...

Glacier National Park and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have withdrawn a plan to stock native bull trout into Gunsight Lake, an iconic high mountain lake in the park on the east side of the ...