Great Basin Cutthroat Trout

Le lac Lahontan est un grand lac endoréique disparu, datant du Pléistocène. Il est situé au nord-ouest du Nevada moderne. La zone de l'ancien lac constitue une grande partie du Grand Bassin des États-Unis qui borde le bassin versant du fleuve Sacramento à l'ouest.

Lahontan cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus henshawi, (formerly, O. clarkii henshawi) formerly all grouped together as the cutthroat trout under a single species Oncorhynchus clarkii with many subspecies, is a fish species of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the Basin and Range province of Nevada, as well as adjoining areas of southeast Oregon and northeastern California. As a member of the genus Oncorhynchus, it is a part of the Pacific trout group, which includes the widely distributed rainbow trout.

El lago Spooner es un embalse artificial ubicado justo al norte de la intersección de la autopista 50 y la autopista 28, que está cerca de Spooner Summit, un paso en la Cordillera Carson en Sierra Nevada que lleva a Carson City, Nevada desde el lago Tahoe. ​ Está ubicado en el parque estatal Lago Tahoe-Nevada. Historia Hay referencias históricas a un "ME Spooner" y "Spooner & Co.'