Monday February 24, 2025
Oil City News —
Recently, personnel from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park and Trout Unlimited worked together to transport 891 green suckers from a shallow pool at Oxbow Bend along the Snake River.
Oxbow Bend, located between Moran Junction and Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park, became a temporary trap for these fish due to unusual winter conditions when a spring-fed pool remained free of ice after the surrounding area froze solid. Drawn to the open water, the green suckers became trapped in the shallow pool with no way to return to the river.
It does not appear that the conditions in the oxbow that stranded the green suckers were a result of any changes to outflow from Jackson Lake Dam.