Egg collection starts Oct. 20

Fisheries biologist with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are going to collect kokanee salmon eggs on Flaming Gorge Reservoir in an effort to help bolster the Gorge kokanee population and to establish additional spawning runs in other waters across the state.

The spawning operation and camps will be set up at Brinegar’s Ferry boat ramp and across the reservoir at the Upper Marsh Creek boat ramp.

Green River Fisheries Biologist Joe Skorupski said the Game and Fish Green River fisheries management crew and the statewide spawning crew will be collecting and spawning kokanee Oct. 20 through Oc...