WHAT: Juvenile robust redhorse will be stocked in the Oconee River as part of the multi-agency Robust Redhorse Conservation Committee effort.
WHERE: Boat Landing at Oconee River Bridge Crossing on Highway 57 8 miles East of Toomsboro, (Wilkinson/Washington County line)
WHO: Jimmy Evans, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GADNR) Chris Skelton, Nongame Section, Wildlife Resources Division, GADNR Greg Looney, Warm Springs Fish Technology Center U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mike Nichols, The Georgia Power Company
WHEN: Wednesday, February 23, 2000, 11:00 a.m.
WHY: The robust redhorse (Moxostoma robustum) was first described in 1870 and is believed to have once been common throughout rivers in Georgia and the Carolinas that flow into the Atlantic Ocean. However, it was rarely collected until rediscovered in the 1990s in the Oconee River.
