Yellowstone Fish Reports

Graduate researcher holding giant cutthroat trout at Clear Creek, Yellowstone National Park (left) and Yellowstone National Park fisheries biologist (right) with an electrofishing raft on the Yellowstone River upstream of Yellowstone Lake.

NPS photo by(left)Ertel and (right)Koel

 

• Native Fish Conservation Program 2022 (1 MB pdf)

 

• Native Fish Conservation Program 2012-2014 (5.3 MB pdf)

 

• Yellowstone Fisheries Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2011

 

• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report - Years 2009-2010 (26 pages)
• • Pages 1-6 (3.1 MB pdf)
  • Pages 7-16 (2.3 MB pdf)
  • Pages 17-26 (2.3 MB pdf)

• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2008 (4.7 MB pdf)
• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2007 (54 pages)
• 1. Pages 1-8 (925 Kb pdf)
  2. Pages 9-18 (1.4 MB pdf)
  3. Pages 19-31 (1.9 MB pdf)
  4. Pages 32-54 (1.4 MB pdf)
• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2006 (48 pages)
• 1. Pages 1-48 (3.8 MB pdf)
• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2005 (60 pages)
• 1. pages 1-12 (1.3 MB pdf)
  2. pages 9-23 (1.3 MB pdf)
  3. pages 24-43 (1.3 MB pdf)
  4. pages 44-60 (1.7 MB pdf)
• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2004 (60 pages)
• 1. pages 1-17 (1.52MB pdf)
  2. pages 18-33 (1.12MB pdf)
  3. pages 34-60 (1.89MB pdf)
• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2003 (36 pages)
• 1. pages 1-18 (1.47MB pdf)
  2. pages 19-36 (650K pdf)
• Yellowstone Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Annual Report 2002
• 1. pages 1-32 (1.29MB pdf)

Peer-reviewed Literature

• Myxobolus cerebralis in native cutthroat trout of the Yellowstone Lake ecosystem. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 18:157-175, 2006 (483 kb pdf)
• Nonnative lake trout result in Yellowstone cutthroat trout decline and impacts to bears and anglers. Fisheries, 30:10-19, 2005 (5.5 MB pdf)

Other Technical Reports

• Lake Trout Suppression in Yellowstone Lake: Science Review Panel May 12-16, 2015
• Confronting a Lake Trout Invasion of Yellowstone Lake: An Interim Scientific Assessment (3.2 MB pdf)
• Scientific Review Panel Evaluation of the National Park Service Lake Trout Suppression Program in Yellowstone Lake August 25-29, 2008 (932 Kb pdf)
• Evaluation of stream water quality in the Greater Yellowstone Network parks using benthic macroinvertebrate communities as biological indicators. YCR-2006-07 (1 MB pdf)
• Bioassessment and water quality sampling of Middle Creek and Mammoth Crystal Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2002-2005. YCR-2006-06 (508 kb pdf)
• Effects of snowmobile emissions on chemistry of snowmelt runoff in Yellowstone National Park YCR-2006-01 (1.1 MB pdf)
• Protection of native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-2003/314 (627 Kb pdf)
• The Yellowstone Lake crisis: confronting a lake trout invasion. A report to the Director of the National Park Service. YCR-2005 (746 kb pdf)

Yellowstone Science Articles

• Native Fish Conservation (entire issue, Volume 25, Issue 1)
• Myxobolus cerebralis in native cutthroat trout of the Yellowstone Lake ecosystem. Yellowstone Science 15(2) (1.8 MB pdf)
• Conserving cutthroat trout for the future of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Yellowstone's Aquatic Sciences Program. Yellowstone Science 14(2) (1.5 MB pdf)
• Source and date of lake trout introduction Yellowstone Science 14(2) (1.5 MB pdf)
• History of Lake fish hatchery Yellowstone Science 14(2) (1.5 MB pdf)
• Predator and prey at Fishing Bridge Yellowstone Science 11(2) (1.7 MB pdf)
• Invasive species management for the Yellowstone Lake ecosystem: what do visitors think? Yellowstone Science 9(2) (526 Kb pdf)
• Arctic grayling: status, management, and recent restoration efforts Yellowstone Science 8(3) (538 Kb pdf)
• Stream ecosystem responses to wildfire Yellowstone Science 6(3) (4.8 MB pdf)
• A century of managing fish II Yellowstone Science 5(1) (476 Kb pdf)
• A century of managing fish I Yellowstone Science 4(4) (551 Kb pdf)
• Lake trout in Yellowstone Lake Yellowstone Science 4(2) (3.7 MB pdf)
• Cutthroat trout parasites Yellowstone Science 2(3) (3.4 MB pdf)

National Environmental Policy Act Documents

• Environmental Assessment - Restoration of westslope cutthroat trout in the East Fork Specimen Creek Watershed, May 5, 2006 (2.2 MB pdf)
• Finding of no significant impact (FONSI) - Restoration of westslope cutthroat trout in the East Fork Specimen Creek Watershed, June 30, 2006 ( MB pdf)