The Battle to Save Yellowstone from Invasive Fish [Slide Show]

The National Park Service is scoring some victories in its fight to eradicate nonnative lake trout from Yellowstone’s largest lake.

Released by an anonymous angler in the 1980's lake trout have come to dominate Yellowstone Lake—sending native cutthroat trout into steep decline and wreaking havoc on this iconic ecosystem. Now, the National Park Service (NPS) believes its intensive gillnetting efforts are turning the tide against the invader

LINK (via: Scientific American)

The invasion of Yellowstone Lake by Lake Trout blamed for decline in Yellowstone’s elk

Say what?

LINK (via: Wildlife News)

Fish fry, anyone?

More then 300,000 lake trout haluled out of Yellowstone Lake this year.

That haul brings to more than 1.1 million the number of lake trout removed from the lake since they were first discovered in 1994.

LINK (via: National Parks Traveler)