An endangered fish needed saving. The feds, high schoolers and a baseball team stepped in
… The Razorback Suckers isn’t just a quirky team name. It’s a statement about what matters to this community. The Grand Valley, on the high-desert edge of Colorado’s Western Slope, is deep in a fight to keep this endangered fish alive. Razorbacks roamed the Colorado River for an estimated five million years before humans almost fished them out of existence and destroyed much of their habitat. Now it’s up to today’s humans to save them. And on a recent morning, hundreds of people gathered on the rocky banks of the Colorado River in Palisade for a joyous razorback release.
Other fishery and fish restoration news:
- KRCR (Redding, Calif.): Coast Guard increasing patrols for Northern California salmon season
- Oregon Capital Chronicle (Salem): Parasite thriving in warming waters of Upper Klamath River killing off young Chinook salmon
