Promote and seek opportunities for aspen restoration. Seek opportunities to help reduce recreational impacts to wetland, riparian, and stream habitats. Manage wildlife populations so that aspen and riparian and upland shrub growth is not inhibited by excessive browsing. A University of Wyoming graduate study supported by WGFD will Additional Information: begin in 2014 using otolith microchemistry to help determine tributary streams that are important for rainbow and brown trout spawning and recruitment into the North Platte River system. BLM: 12,712 ac (3%), General land ownership and surface USFS: 360,208 ac (83%), area: State: 7,499 ac (2%), Local Gvt: 2 ac (0%), Private: 52,592 ac (12%), Water: 3,363 ac (1%), Total area: 436,376 ac
Promote and seek opportunities for aspen restoration. Seek opportunities to help reduce recreational impacts to wetland, riparian, and stream habitats. Manage wildlife populations so that aspen and riparian and upland shrub growth is not inhibited by excessive browsing. Additional Information: A University of Wyoming graduate study supported by WGFD will begin in 2014 using otolith microchemistry to help determine tributary streams that are important for rainbow and brown trout spawning and recruitment into the North Platte River system. General land ownership and surface area: BLM: 12,712 ac (3%), USFS: 360,208 ac (83%), State: 7,499 ac (2%), Local Gvt: 2 ac (0%), Private: 52,592 ac (12%), Water: 3,363 ac (1%), Total area: 436,376 ac