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The Apache trout is the state fish of Arizona, and is one of only two species of trout native to that state, with the other being the gila trout (O. g. gilae).It natively lives in clear, cool streams in the White Mountains that flow through coniferous forests and marshes, but has been introduced into several lakes in the area.
The Apache trout was first listed as endangered in 1967 because of degrading habitat, overexploitation, mining activity and other conflicts. More than 50 years since it was listed as endangered ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to delist the Apache trout from the threatened species list after nearly 50 years of protection.
Haaland returned to Arizona in September to formally announce the Apache trout had been removed from the Endangered Species List after a 50-year-long conservation partnership among federal, state ...
The state fish of Arizona, the Apache trout is one of two native trout species to the state, the other being the Gila trout. Historically found in nearly every body of water in the White Mountains , the trout was pushed to near extinction, today, Arizona Game and Fish and the White Mountain Apache Tribe have been working together to conserve ...
Oncorhynchus apache: Apache Trout: Threatened Oncorhyncus gilae: Gila Trout: Threatened Plagopterus argentissimus: Woundfin: Endangered Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis: Gila Topminnow: Endangered Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonorensis: Yaqui Topminnow: Endangered Ptychcheilus lucius: Colorado Pikeminnow: Endangered Rhinichthys osculus ...
The East Fork Black River and West Fork Black River, which merge to form the mainstem, have populations of brown trout and Apache trout. [11] The headwaters tributaries support many aquatic insects, including more than 30 species of caddisflies. Some of the state's best sports fisheries are found in the Black River watershed. [12]
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday that the Apache trout — Arizona’s state fish — has been removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened species following ...