Editor’s note: The following is taken from a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. EastIdahoNews.com reporter Rett Nelson contributed.

IDAHO FALLS – The Idaho Department of Fish and Game stocks an eye-popping total of more than 30 million hatchery fish into Idaho waters each year.

Stocking by the Department has been ongoing in one form or another for over a century. The number of species and strains can vary from year to year, but generally, stocking is primarily made up of 16 different species of trout and salmon. The Department uses all kinds of transportation to get fish to their final destination, including bikes, planes, and llamas.

Typically, fish are stocked from hatchery vehicles ranging in size from pick-up trucks outfitted with small fish tanks all the way u

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