Rare California trout returns to native Sierra Nevada habitat
Excessive grazing harmed the Paiute’s habitat, and the introduction of invasive species such as rainbow trout drove the fish out of the river. “It has been gone from this landscape for a really long time,” said Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. And it might have never returned without the unlikely intervention of Basque shepherd Joe Jaunsaras.
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