Conservationists hope the return of the Paiute cutthroat trout will lead to a thriving population and removal of its threatened status.
Christopher WeberThis undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows a Paiute cutthroat trout.LOS ANGELES – For the first time in nearly a century, a rare California trout species will swim in a mountain creek that is its native habitat, marking a major milestone that conservationists hope will lead to a thriving population and removal of its threatened status.
“The color is kind of hard to describe and really hard to photograph,” he said. “You can only see how unique they are if you catch them and hold them in your hand.” The species was inadvertently saved in the early 1900s when sheepherders in the area transported some of the fish into a previously fishless portion of Silver King Creek above Llewellyn Falls. The falls prevented non-native fish from reaching that stretch of water and kept the Paiute isolated and the genetic pool pure.
From 2013 to 2015, 11 miles of Silver King Creek and three tributaries were treated with a fish toxicant, rotenone, to remove all non-native species. That was the first step of the five-part recovery plan that could get the Paiute off the threatened species list within the next decade or so, Somer said.“The biggest hurdles are one and two,” he said. “That’s why this is definitely an event.”
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