Trout Unlimited film festival fundraiser this weekend
• Proceeds go toward restoration projects along the Salt River. Star Valley Trout Unlimited is hosting their Annual International Trout Unlimited Fly-Fishing Film Festival on Saturday, April 20, at the Donn Wooden Civic Center in Alpine. Doors open at 5:30…
Trout Unlimited helps restore banks of the Salt River
• Many other projects have been completed or planned. According to Tanner Belnap, the Salt River Watershed Manager of Trout Unlimited, the entity is the largest cold-water conservation organization in the world. “We work all over North America,” he said…
Winter of 2023 factors into proposed big game seasons
• Game and Fish holds SV meeting. Commission will meet April 16-17 to finalize seasons. The winter of 2023 was still on the mind of many sportsmen when they checked in with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department at a…
Swift Creek slide muddies the waters for Salt River anglers
One person watching the weeks of muddy waters flow into Star Valley’s main river is avid angler and writer Paul Stauffer. No person knows more about the history of Star Valley’s waterways than the author of A History of Fishing…
Paving on Highway 238 expected to take 14 days
Paving has started on Wyoming Highway 238 on the west of side of Upper Star Valley. The state highway serves as a major connector route between Auburn and Afton, in addition to Auburn and U.S. Highway 89 at the Star…
Wyoming Game & Fish: “New Zealand Mudsnails have invaded the Salt River”
By Sarah Hale Star Valley Independent Despite efforts to crack down on the transfer of aquatic invasive species, New Zealand Mudsnails have made their way to Star Valley. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently confirmed new findings of…