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Collaborative project over 10 years in the making will remove final impediment to native fish migration in Spread Creek [Grand Teton National Park] - NPS
News Release Collaborative project over 10 years in the making will remove final impediment to native fish migration in Spread Creek Migratory native cutthroat trout rescued during an annual interagency fish salvage from the Spread Creek irrigation ditch system. News Release Date: November 12, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 Contact: Leslie Steen , 307-699-1022 JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF), and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) announced today that construction to complete Phase 2 of the Spread Creek Fish Passage Project has started. Many years in the making, the project is a large-scale collaborative effort that will prevent future losses of migratory cutthroat trout and other native fish by installing a fish screen on the Spread Creek irrigation system. It will also make much-needed improvements to stabilize the diversion structure and channel