Stocking Lake Tahoe with Lahontan cutthroat trout

A fisheries staff member hands a bucket containing a Lahontan cutthroat trout to two people from a holding truck for them to release into the lake.

Photo By/Credit

Jackie D'Almeida/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

06/06/2022

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

USFWS and the Washoe Tribe partnered to stock Lake Tahoe with Lahontan cutthroat trout. Lake Tahoe is part of the historic range of the threatened species.

Ecosystem

Lake

Recreational Activity

Fishing

Species

Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Fisheries

Tribal lands