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Utah DWR requests $39,000 to fund outfitter for Fall Creek cutthroat restoration
Summary
DWR staff asked the Blue Ribbon Council for up to $39,000 to hire an outfitter to pack equipment and personnel into remote Fall Creek drainages to remove nonnative trout with rotenone and reintroduce native Colorado River cutthroat trout; staff emphasized NEPA constraints and targeted application.
Brian Engelbert and other Division of Wildlife Resources staff described a two-year ecological restoration in the Fall Creek drainage to remove nonnative brook and rainbow trout and restore native Colorado River cutthroat trout. The work requires multiple pack trips into remote areas and the council was asked to fund an outfitter to handle horses/mules, camps, equipment and food.
DWR said the Fall Creek sites are remote — roughly 14 miles from the nearest trailhead — and cannot be accessed by helicopter under current NEPA determinations, so horses and mules are necessary to transport rotenone, float tubes, gear and camp supplies. Agency staff said the outfitter…
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