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Fishermen Bob Clarke holds a Lahontan cutthroat trout caught at Pyramid Lake.
Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Bob Clarke/USFWS
By Cindy Sandoval, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Permitted use provided by: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Lahontan cutthroat trout historically occurred in most cold waters of the Lahontan Basin of Nevada and California. However, a severe decline in range and numbers of Lahontan cutthroat occurred by the 1930s due to including hybridization and competition with introduced trout species, loss of spawning habitat due to logging, blockage of streams due to dams, and less water due to irrigation and urban demands. In 2006 the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout was restored back to its native habitat in Nevada’s Pyramid Lake. Today, little over a decade later, the Lahontan...