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Article: A fish story.(alien lake trout threatens indigenous Yellowstone Lake cutthroat trout)
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- National Parks
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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The lake trout was illegally introduced at Yellowstone more than a decade ago. Now Yellowstone's cutthroat trout--named for the red slash on its gills--is in danger of being swallowed by large alien cousin, with consequences for the whole ecosystem.
Yellowstone National Park is well known for many superlatives and achievements: first national park in the world; home to the largest number of geysers and thermal features on the planet; site of the first successful effort to save a nearly extinct species (the bison); and acclaimed for possessing all of the native species it had when the park was established more than 125 years ago. A lesser-known yet extremely ...