Arizona Bruce wrote:
The Gila was downlisted, I think last year, from endangered to threatened. There was more than a little consternation by TU when the species was downlisted.
Of course, I'd C&R anything I caught, but I'm wondering if there's anything I'm not considering.
Ten or 15 years after they brought the Greenback Cutthroat in Colorado back from extinction they did down listed it from the Endangered to the Threatened list. This allowed the flexibility for the DOW to do more with re-introducing the trout without as much federal beaurocratic approvals so things moved quicker. Also it helped move the public to be more interested in supporting the restoration efforts because they could catch and see it. It has done a lot to help move the program along. So now they have I think 17 locations with the trout in them.
But can you really keep any of them? For the Greenbacks they all have to be returned to the water.
Here is a picture of a Greenback Cut.
and another:
I have been wondering what a Gila trout looks like. Something similar I would presume.
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