Hoback River

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Biologists say the number of cutthroat trout in the Hoback River has surged in the years since a fish stocking program was phased out. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department discontinued the stocking program in 2005. The agency also has discontinued a number of other trout stocking programs around the state...

Bridger Teton National Forest rangers responded to a call Tuesday when seven teenagers floating on the Hoback River encountered a fallen tree.

Wyoming’s Hoback River is listed as one of America’s “most endangered” in a report released Tuesday by American Rivers.  Ten waterways are featured each year - they aren’t the “most polluted,” but rather rivers that face pollution risks. The Hoback is number seven because of plans for hydraulic fracturing, called “fracking,” near the river’s headwaters.