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Nevada Conservation Projects

	RESTORING A POPULAR FISHERY IN NEVADA Two million fish were restocked into Nevada’s Rye Patch Reservoir, thanks to support from Wildlife Forever. The reservoir’s trophy game fish population was completely lost in 1992. Prior to its draining, the reservoir produced many trophy walleye over 10 pounds. In fact, the state record walleye – weighing 14 pounds, 14 ounces – came from Rye Patch. Once the reservoir started refilling, the fish restoration began -- with yellow perch, walleye, white crappie, spotted bass, Sacramento blackfish, rainbow trout, channel catfish, and wipers stocked into the reservoir.
	TROUT BENEFIT FROM BRIDGE OVER STREAM At the upper reaches of Jack Creek in northeastern Nevada, for nearly 15 years, a culvert completely obstructed the upstream movement of redband trout and bull trout. Bull trout populations were declining, and it was placed on the “Threatened Species” list by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Thanks to support from Wildlife Forever, a new bridge was constructed, replacing the culvert and restoring Jack Creek as a valuable fish spawning and refuge tributary.
	SPRUCE MOUNTAIN RESTORATION BENEFITS MULE DEER, ELK AND SAGE GROUSE Mule deer, elk, and sage grouse will have enhanced winter habitat in Nevada thanks to support from Wildlife Forever. Wildlife Forever provided a challenge grant to the Mule Deer Foundation in support of the Spruce Mountain Restoration project, an effort to enhance approximately 1,000 acres with native plant species. Project partners, including the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the Bureau of Land Management, are restoring the habitat by thinning and cutting the existing pinyon and juniper forest that has grown thick and choked the native understory. Sagebrush and other native plants will be planted to restore the shrub communities upon which deer, elk, and grouse depend. In any given winter, up to 10,000 Mule deer will utilize the restored habitats on Spruce Mountain.