Rivers look and act differently following a wildfire. The impacts of fire to rivers are significant and last for years to decades, until vegetation can recover and key physical processes begin to normalize. Federal and state agencies are teaming up with partners like GYC to work on projects that help degraded streams recover faster from the increasing risks posed by wildfire. Check out our restoration work on Sheridan Creek!

GYC is has been named a recipient of the Norm Winn Memorial Conservation Grant from the Keta Legacy Fund. This generous grant will help sponsor a project to identify priority areas to install low-tech process-based stream restoration (LTPBR) structures. 

Yellowstone cutthroat trout once occupied habitat across Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and slivers of Nevada and Utah. Now, they are in steep competition with nonnative fish for habitat and resources. To help give the Yellowstone cutthroat trout a leg up, GYC staffers volunteered to work with partners to remove invasive brook trout from Mill Creek, a slow-moving stream near Yellowstone National Park’s northern border.