Monday, September 2, 2013

Poisoning a Sierra stream to save the world's rarest trout

Officials pour poison into Silver King Creek, killing nonnative trout species, in order to make a home for the Paiute cutthroat trout.



WALKER, Calif. — State fisheries biologist Dave Lentz poured poison into a remote High Sierra stream and watched quietly as every rainbow and golden trout in the water turned belly up.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/40oOHcrph4Y/la-me-poison-20130903,0,4781602.story

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