MESA, Arizona: Following more than five decades of recovery efforts, the Apache trout, Arizona’s state fish, has been removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened species.
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland traveled to Arizona for the announcement. It is considered an important conservation success, marking the first sportfish and trout to be removed from the list.
Joint efforts by federal, state, and tribal officials and US$5.1 million from the Biden administration’s Investing in America program were responsible for the success.
The Apache trout is found only in the streams of eastern Arizona’s White Mountains. It is one of just two trout species native to the state and is sacred to the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
The fish was protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 because of habitat loss and the introduction of non-native species. It was subsequently moved to the threatened list in 1975.
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Publish date : 2024-09-08 13:59:00
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