Native Fish Recovery in the Rio Costilla Basin Handout

Restoration of Native Southwestern Fishes in the Rio Costilla Basin CART Case Study Handout

In response to significant range declines of native Southwestern fishes, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and key partners completed over two decades of proactive conservation efforts to restore a native fish species to the Upper Rio Costilla watershed.

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/native-fish-recovery-rio-costilla-basin.

 

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