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Red Butte Creek Rehab Continues With Stocking of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

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Nearly 18 months have passed since a pipeline break spilled 33,000 gallons of crude oil into Salt Lake City’s Red Butte Creek. A significant cleanup effort has taken place since then, and now the Division of Wildlife Resources is stepping in to do its part.

(KCPW News)  Nearly 18 months have passed since a pipeline break spilled 33,000 gallons of crude oil into Salt Lake City’s Red Butte Creek.  A significant cleanup effort has taken place since then, and now the Division of Wildlife Resources is stepping in to do its part.  KCPW’s Eric Ray has the story:

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The Division of Wildlife Resources placed fish in approximately five locations along the creek today.


DWR Regional Aquatics Program Manager Mike Slater stocks Red Butte Creek with Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

 

DWR Hatchery Supervisor Ted Hallows removes fish from the transport truck

 

The hatchery truck that carried 3,000 Bonneville Cutthroat trout from the hatchery to Red Butte Creek
Mike Slater of the Division of Wildlife Resources releases Bonneville Cutthroat Trout into Red Butte Creek
Newly stocked Bonneville Cutthroat trout swim in Red Butte Creek
Bonneville Cutthroat Trout are released into Red Butte Creek


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