Category: Conservation Projects


  • by Paul Patterson For the 28th consecutive year the Snake River Cutthroats conducted our springtime conservation project in the Salmon/Lemhi River drainage. This year’s project was on Canyon Creek, a Lemhi River tributary east of Leadore. This is the third project that the Cutthroats have done on Canyon Creek.  This project is part of a…

  • by Paul Patterson Late May and early June were a busy time for SRC conservation projects. There was the traditional spring project with the Salmon-Challis National Forest held this year the last weekend of May (see separate write-up) as well as a willow planting by the SRC Youth Club on the first weekend of June.…

  • The Snake River Cutthroats completed one major conservation project in 2012. The May 19th project was on the Tonsmeire Ranch in Lemhi County, which has been protected by a conservation easement through the Nature Conservancy. This project also marked the 24th consecutive year for the Cutthroats working on conservation projects in Salmon River drainage. The…

  • The Snake River Cutthroats completed a fencing project on the Amonson Ranch at Leadore, which completed a project begun in 2006 by then Cutthroat President, Karl Amonson. The April 30th project also marked the 23rd consecutive year for the Cutthroats working on projects in Salmon River drainage. Volunteers built 3,000 feet of jack fence to…

  • For the 29th consecutive year the Snake River Cutthroats conducted a springtime conservation project in the Salmon/Lemhi River drainage. This year’s project was on Canyon Creek, a Lemhi River tributary east of Leadore. This is the fourth project that the Cutthroats have done on Canyon Creek and the 11th year that we have worked on…

  • In the physical sense Dubois, Wyoming sits in splendid isolation. The Wind River flows through town, several quality streams are nearby as are almost countless still waters, most of which are in the river’s watershed. Good, clean air and breathtaking scenery abound. Congestion is absent. Also present are abundant salmonids and wildlife, both of which…