Reconnecting YCT Migration on Trail Creek (Fish Ladder)
Friends of the Teton River will use these funds to improve fish passage and water delivery at an existing fish ladder at the Trail Creek Sprinkler diversion. The current system has not effectively functioned to pass fish. A new ladder will open upstream connectivity and passage for native Yellow Stone Cutthroat Trout to 8 miles of spawning and rearing habitat in Trail, Moose, and Mike Harris Creeks. Restoring passage at this point of diversion will increase YCT population in Trail Creek (WY/ID) and in the Upper Teton River, while also creating a win-win for irrigators who want to meet the needs of their shareholders and the native trout fishery.