From left, Ben Galloway, Clint Muhlfeld and Vin d’Angelo show off one of the adult lake trout that were netted from Quartz Lake in Glacier National Park this fall. Others on the U.S. Geological Survey netting crew included Carter Fredenberg and Tara Marotz.
November 15, 2009
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November 15, 2009 2 a.m.
Vanishing act
West-side populations of bull trout in Glacier teetering toward extinction
Recent spawning surveys indicate most of Glacier National Park’s west-side bull trout populations are teetering toward extinction, but an aggressive netting project in one lake was successful in suppressing invading lake trout.