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Article: FEDS SAY NO TO LISTING FISH AS ENDANGERED : SANTA ANA SUCKER IS `AT RISK'.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- April 4, 1997
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Byline: Daily News staff and wire services
Sorry, sucker.
The Santa Ana sucker, a fat-lipped fish found in the Santa Clara River that vacuums scum from stream beds, is threatened with extinction but won't be listed as endangered because other species are in more jeopardy, officials said.
``It's our conclusion that we should propose it for listing,'' Paul Barrett, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said Wednesday. ``But we have such a large workload that it's not the highest priority. When we close the books on those, we'll work on this one.''
Shawna Bautista, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Forest Service's Saugus ...