New study shows greenback cutthroat trout involved in recovery effort misidentified

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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown biologists trying to spur the recovery of the threatened greenback cutthroat trout in Colorado have in many cases been restocking the wrong subspecies of trout into small streams and lakes in th ...
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study has shown biologists trying to spur the recovery of the threatened greenback cutthroat trout in Colorado, have in many cases been restocking the wrong subspecies of trout into small streams and lakes in the state. Credit: Colorado Division of Wildlife

A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates biologists trying to save Colorado's native greenback cutthroat trout from extinction over the past several decades through hatchery propagation and restocking efforts have, in most cases, inadvertently restored the wrong fish.


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