St. Mary Westslope Cutthroat Trout Telemetry $18,000
St. Mary Fly Fishers

This project outlines the methods and costs of the final year of data collection for a radio telemetry study designed to assist in determining the status and life history characteristics of St Mary River Westslope Cutthroat trout. The program aims to collect baseline data on an indigenous species for which background information is presently limited and seeks to identify critical summer, over-wintering, and spawning habitats of the resident population in order to recommend opportunities for protection and enhancement. The program began in late 2001 with the implantation of 20 transmitters into lower river fish and was continued in 2002 to include 20 fish from upper river habitats. Considerable resources have been invested during the last 18 months to capture and implant 40 transmitters throughout the drainage. The program now requires financial support to collect the data from the implanted transmitters, which have an operational lifespan of over two years.

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