Together, with 45 Mogollon Creek fish and 28 South Diamond creek fish previously introduced to the station, will form the founder population of South Diamond lineage Gila trout. It is anticipated that these fish will be spawned in the spring of 2006 according to the "Genetic Broodstock Management Plan"

Gila trout, the only endangered trout in the US, is on the verge of being downlisted to threatened. The recovery plan calls for, among self sustaining wild populations, captive broodstocks of Main Diamond, South Diamond, Spruce Creek, and Whiskey Creek lineages.