Lake Tahoe To Receive 100,000 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout This Summer

LAKE TAHOE¾ On June 3, The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that 100,000 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Tahoe’s native fish, would be returning this summer.   The Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex in Gardnerville, Nevada, has begun to stock 100,000 catchable, Lahontan cutthroat trout in Lake Tahoe as of June 1. The project will continue stocking throughout the summer as long as conditions permit. The stocking is part of a multiagency and tribal cooperative effort to reintroduce the Tahoe Basin’s native trout species and expand recreational fishing opportunities to anglers. The partners involved are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), CDFW, Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (USDA LTBMU), Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.   The addition of Lahontan cutthroat trout has biological and recreational importance and essential cultural value to the Washoe Tribe, according to the press release by the CDFW on June 3. As the original stewards of Lahontan cutthroat trout, the Washoe Tribe has been an important stakeholder and partner since the beginning of reintroduction in the Tahoe Basin. In addition, the tribe has always supported the restoration projects within the Washoe’s ancestral lands.   The fish...