LaBarge Colorado River Restoration Project
Year
Project Recipient
Wyoming Game and Fish
Project Federal Funding (FWS)
$66,159
Project Matching Funds
$100,000
Project JHOF Funding
$18,841
Project Total Funding
$185, 000
The LaBarge Restoration Project will renovate a fish migration barrier that was constructed to prevent the upstream movement of non-native salmonids. Fish were discovered to be moving either through or over the barrier in 2006, hence jeopardizing six years worth of effort to restore this drainage to native fish species. Barrier modifications will fully block upstream fish migration over or through the barrier and ensure its long-term integrity and functionality in order to improve native Colorado River cutthroat trout populations. Project partners include Trout Unlimited, Central Utah Projects, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service.