Westslope cutthroat trout reintroduced to Cascade Creek near Banff

It's a project that's been in the works for decades but in June 2024, Parks Canada reintroduced westslope cutthroat trout (WSCT) into Cascade Creek just north of the Banff townsite. "We introduced 18,000 eggs into Cascade Creek, which is quite a lot," said Nicole Sulewski, Parks Canada field biologist. "Through checking our incubator units, we saw about 97 per cent hatch success, which was far more than we even thought we would see. We were expecting maybe 80 per cent." Sulewski has been on the