The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public review and comment on their draft revised recovery plan for the Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae). Comments will be accepted until June 8, 2002.
The species was listed as endangered in 1967 under the Federal Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 and its federal status was continued under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
This recovery plan will supercede one finished in 1993 and includes new scientific information about the species gathered since that time. Recovery Plans describe the status, current management, recovery objectives and criteria, and specific actions needed to reclassify a species from endangered to threatened, and to ultimately remove it from the list of threatened and endangered species
Recommended recovery activities include establishing additional populations of Gila trout; protecting existing populations and habitat; continuing to obtain information needed to address conservation issues; and continuing to provide information and coordinating recovery of this species.
The threats facing the fish
