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Group Photo Silver Trout Award 2008
DONATION TO FFA, MANY THANKS TO STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
In December Chapter President, Rich Hostetler, presented a $500 donation to the
Scholarship Fund, and a fly rod to the volunteers of the Buffalo Bill Chapter of the FFA.
Students from Cody High School FFA helped with the fish rescue, braving snow, and
breaking ice off the irrigation canals.  This is a long-standing relationship between EYTU,
the FFA, and teacher, Troy Wiant.
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AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES LEGISLATION Passed by Wyoming Legislature
Two new Wyoming laws address problems of aquatic invasives.

  • The first gives WG&F, State Parks, and peace officers authority in rule making,  
    stopping and decontaminating boats.  Criminal penalties are established and $1.5
    million was appropriated to fund the program.

  • The second law strengthens the punishments for illegally stocking fish, such as
    putting walleye in Buffalo Bill Reservoir.


Zebra mussels and quagga mussels have invaded neighboring states, but Wyoming waters
have been spared - so far.  

These mussels will increase operating costs of irrigation and drinking water systems,
power plants, dam maintenance, and industrial processes.  The small invaders will cost the
people of Wyoming millions of dollars each year.  

Read  Wyo Game & Fish brochure, learn how you can prevent their spread.   
New Zealand Mud Snail Brochure
TWO AWARDS PRESENTED TO CHAPTER FOR EFFORTS ON AREA PROJECTS
Recreation District Volunteer Award- The Shoshone Recreation District recognized the
Chapter as the top Volunteer Conservation Organization of 2008.  

National Trout Unlimited Silver Trout Award - In early September 2008 the Chapter
received the very prestigious Silver Trout Award from Trout Unlimited National.  Only three
chapters nation wide are honored annually.  East Yellowstone Chapter is very proud to have
been chosen this year.  

Some of the projects that qualified us for these awards are:
  1. Lower Shoshone River Cleanup Day
  2. Lower Shoshone River Trail Work
  3. Kids Fishing Day at Beck Lake Park
  4. Summer Camp Out and Conservation Project with WY Game & Fish
  5. Noxious Weed control Project at Newton Lake
  6. Greybull River Watershed Plan
  7. Shoshone River Watershed Plan
  8. Chapter Website <www.eastyellowstonetu.org>
  9. North fork River Boat Launch Kiosk and Registration Box
  10. Fund Raising for Lake Trout population control in Yellowstone Lake
  11. Sulphur Creek Mine Reclamation Project
  12. Irrigation Canal Fish Salvage
WYOMING Trout Unlimited awards Home Waters Initiative Grants to
East Yellowstone and Jackson Hole Chapters
The Wyoming Home Waters Initiative, Wyoming TU, was established to help restore
watersheds or sections of watersheds within Wyoming.  Other goals are to encourage
community involvement, interest in the outdoors, and conservation of natural resources.

The first year of the program was a huge success with two Wyoming Trout Unlimited
chapters, the East Yellowstone Chapter and the Jackson Hole Chapter, each receiving
$5,000 in grant money to help restore their Home Waters.

The East Yellowstone Chapter will use awarded grant money to increase the wild trout
fishery in the lower Shoshone River by increasing available spawning habitat through
augmentation of spawning gravels.  The project will also involve the removal of non-native
riparian vegetation and reintroduction of native riparian plants to decrease the silt load
within the river.

Watch the Calendar Page of this web site for opportunities to volunteer and improve the
home water for the wild trout in the Lower Shoshone River.
TU National awards Embrace A Stream Grant to EYTU Project
EYTU was awarded a partial grant of $5,000 for our revegetation project on Timber Creek, a
tributary of the Greybull River.  

This was a partial grant, as the grant cycle was extremely competitive this year.  Only two
other EAS grants went to Wyoming chapters, $2,000 to Saratoga and $10,000 to Jackson
Hole (the only fully funded grant).

Due to the competitive nature of the funding this year, we should note that it is due to
member Jason Burckhardt's hard work and grant-writing skill that we got a piece of the
funding pie.
Yellowstone National Park Begins Work on Plan to Protect Native Fish

Yellowstone National Park has started work on a Native Fish Conservation Plan.  A public
comment meeting will be held Tuesday, April 13, 6:00-8:00 pm at the Holiday Inn, 1701
Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY.  
Miss the meeting?  Comment Online.  Before midnight, April 30.

Note: There will be other comment periods during this process.
Read Dave Sweet's Submitted Comments

View the press release.  March 2010.

A brochure about commenting is available at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/yell.

WYTU has been raising funds to Save the Yellowstone Cutthroat since 2007.