Thursday, September 6, 2007

Wildlife Officials Stocked Rivers With Wrong Trout For 20 Years



DENVER — A 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in Colorado has made little progress because biologists have been stocking some of the waterways with the wrong fish, a new study says.
Advances in genetic testing helped biologists discover the error, which was called a potential black eye, but they said there is still hope for restoring the greenback cutthroat trout. Full Story - American Angler Magazine - Salem Cigarettes - Sports Authority