The War on Lake Trout in Yellowstone

A day on Yellowstone lake managing Lake Trout populations. An interview with Dave Hallac, former Chief Scientist of Yellowstone… The lake trout population in Yellowstone Lake has exploded since the 1990s when lake trout were illegally introduced to the lake. In recent years Yellowstone Park has hired professionals from the Great Lakes to seine net the lake trout and try to save the native Yellowstone Cutthroat population.

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