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40 acres (16 ha) Elevation. 4,000 feet (1,200 m) Built. 1916 - 1917. Architect. Charles Dean. The Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery, located in Independence, California, United States, is an historic fish hatchery that has played an important role in the preservation of the golden trout, California's state fish.
The fish hatchery is located in Shasta County, California, near the town of Anderson on the north bank of Battle Creek approximately 6 river miles (9.7 km) east of the Sacramento River. Coleman NFH covers approximately 75 acres (300,000 m 2) of land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with an additional 63 acres (250,000 m 2 ...
The Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) is a freshwater ray-finned fish, endemic to California. It is closely related to the mountain sucker and has dark grey upper parts and silvery underparts. It grows to a maximum length of 25 cm (10 in), but most adults are much smaller than this. It feeds on algae, diatoms and detritus on the floor of ...
The Division of Fish and Game was established in 1927, set up within the Department of Natural Resources. In 1951, the Reorganization Act elevated the Division of Fish and Game to the Department of Fish and Game (DFG). [1] California Fish and Game also collaborated with the indigenous Native American Tribes to ensure their proper fishing rights.
Mount Darwin is the highest summit of the Evolution Peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Mount Tom in the Sierra Nevada. San Gorgonio Mountain is the highest summit of the San Bernardino Mountains and the third most topographically isolated California peak. Telescope Peak is the highest summit of the Panamint Range.
The splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus), also called Sacramento splittail, is a cyprinid fish native to the low-elevation waters of the Central Valley in California. It was first described by William O. Ayres in 1854. It is the sole living member of its genus, the Clear Lake splittail P. ciscoides having become extinct in the 1970s.
Ptychocheilus harfordi Jordan & Gilbert, 1881. The Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis), formerly known as the Sacramento squawfish, is a large cyprinid fish of California, United States. It is native to the Los Angeles River, Sacramento - San Joaquin, Pajaro - Salinas, Russian River, Clear Lake and upper Pit River river basins.
Updated August 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM. Kayakers and snorkelers exploring the Southern California coast spotted an extremely rare oarfish, nicknamed a "doomsday fish" since they are seen in some parts ...