Thursday, March 05, 2009
NM state fish back in Rio Grande
New Mexico's state fish, the Rio Grande cutthroat trout, has returned to its namesake river. Dozens of volunteers released 2,000 fish into the Rio Grande on Wednesday after making an arduous trek down steep basalt cliffs to the confluence of the Rio Grande and Red River in northern New Mexico. On their backs, they carried heavy jugs and plastic bags full of the 2- to 3-inch fingerlings. This marked the first time the fish, a candidate for federal endangered species protection, has been released in the upper reaches of the infamous Rio Grande Gorge. "It's a release that's intended to get people interested in the fish, understand its situation and hopefully over time, we'll be able to restore the cutthroat to its native range," said Greg Gustina, a biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Wild Rivers Recreation Area where the fish were released. Like many other native fish, the Rio Grande cutthroat has all but disappeared from its historic range throughout the Rio Grande basin in New Mexico and Colorado...Hays Daily News
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Now the Rio Grande Cutthroat can interbreed with all of the other trout the NMG&F and put in the river. Then the tax payer can fund the NMG&F efforts to clean out all of the "trash fish" and build dams that will stop the travel of "trash fish" into the regions reserved for the Rio Grande Cutthroat It will be declared a victory over degradation of the ecosystem.
Now the Rio Grande Cutthroat can interbreed with all of the other trout the NMG&F has put in the river. Then the tax payer can fund the NMG&F efforts to clean out all of the "trash fish" and build dams that will stop the travel of "trash fish" into the regions reserved for the Rio Grande Cutthroat It will be declared a victory over degradation of the ecosystem.
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