Post by L Roebuck on Oct 10, 2008 6:49:32 GMT -5
Devil's Hole pupfish increasing
CARSON CITY, Nev.—Tiny neon-blue pupfish that are struggling to survive in a spring-fed cave in southern Nevada have rebounded this fall to 126 adult fish, 34 more than last fall's count and the highest number recorded since 2004, a federal biologist says.
"We're feeling like we're at least maintaining the population," Bob Williams, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field supervisor for Nevada, said in discussing the endangered Devil's Hole pupfish found in the wild only in the cave 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
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CARSON CITY, Nev.—Tiny neon-blue pupfish that are struggling to survive in a spring-fed cave in southern Nevada have rebounded this fall to 126 adult fish, 34 more than last fall's count and the highest number recorded since 2004, a federal biologist says.
"We're feeling like we're at least maintaining the population," Bob Williams, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field supervisor for Nevada, said in discussing the endangered Devil's Hole pupfish found in the wild only in the cave 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
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