Monday, September 19, 2011

Rare minnows rescued from Texas river amid drought

Wildlife biologists scooped up minnows from a shrinking Texas river Friday in one of the first rescues of fish threatened by the state's worst drought in decades. Hundreds of smalleye shiners and sharpnose shiners were collected from the Brazos River, about 175 miles northwest of Fort Worth. They will be taken to the state's fish hatchery but returned to the river when the drought abates...more

Tick from Texas reports this is good news...he was afraid of losing another pizza topping.

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