SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — For hundreds of years, the Lahontan cutthroat trout swam in the alpine rivers and streams of the Sierra Nevada and the salinic desert lakes of the Great Basin.

Summit Lake in remote northwest Nevada is home to the only self-sustaining, robust, lake population of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, North America’s largest freshwater native trout species. Research to ...

The Lahontan cutthroat trout was rediscovered in a "dinky" stream near the Nevada-Utah border. Genetic testing by University of Nevada, Reno Associate Professor of Biology Mary Peacock led to the ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Over 15,000 Lahontan cutthroat trout are settling into their new Tahoe home after a release spanning the last couple of weeks. The Lahontan National Fish Hatchery ...

The burned area includes Oregon's only pure native Lahontan cutthroat trout populations. The species is listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. In 1989 biologists counted ...

Landing the highly coveted Lahontan cutthroat trout requires special skill — and equipment. By Chris Santella While I rounded a bend above the Windless Bay section of Pyramid Lake in Nevada ...

Existing in just a fraction of their historic range, Lahontan cutthroat trout have been the focus of extensive conservation efforts by state and federal fisheries agencies and nonprofit ...

When it comes to genetic diversity, the cutthroat blows all other trout out of the water. You’ll find them scattered across ...

The Lahontan cutthroat trout was rediscovered in a "dinky" stream near the Nevada-Utah border. Genetic testing by Associate Professor of Biology Mary Peacock led to the rediscovery of an iconic Nevada ...

RENO, Nev. - Summit Lake in remote northwest Nevada is home to the only self-sustaining, robust, lake population of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, North America's largest freshwater native trout species.