Saving the Wrong Fish?

Part of Series April 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length 01:30
Licensor Isla Earth Radio Series
Producer(s) Catalina Island Conservancy
Formats Daily Segment, Interstitial, Soft Feature
Topics Environment, Science
Produced April 16, 2008
Added to PRX March 27, 2008
 

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Summary:

It's another conservation success? Maybe not.

Additional Credits and Funding:

Isla Earth Radio Series is funded by the Annenberg Blue Planet Initiative and produced by the Catalina Island Conservancy.

Tones:

Humorous, Informational, Thoughtful

Language:

English

Description:

It's another conservation success? Maybe not. The greenback cutthroat trout was declared extinct in 1937, but a few populations were found in Colorado two decades later. So it's ready to be taken off the endangered list...Not so fast. Turns out, they'd been breeding the wrong fish!

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