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New Study Shows Greenback Cutthroat Trout Involved in Recovery Effort Misidentified

September 5, 2007

A new study, led by the University of Colorado at Boulder, indicates biologists trying to save Colorado's native greenback cutthroat trout from extinction over the past several decades through hatchery propagation and restocking efforts have, in most cases, inadvertently restored the wrong fish. Full Story

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University of Colorado at Boulder

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