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Article: What a difference good outreach makes.
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- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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"You are going to destroy a very lucrative recreational fishery," said Tom Smith, president of the Truckee River Fly Fishermen. "You consider the fish that are in the river now as invasive species; well, we consider you federal employees invasive species, invading our state fishery." That sentiment was shared by most of the people attending a public meeting held several years ago to discuss the Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to restore the native stock of the Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorthynchus clarki henshawi) to the Truckee River system in Nevada and California.
By the fall of 2003, however, Tom's concern had changed a bit. "So when can we have cutthroat ...