183 endangered desert pupfish got a new pond in Marana
Marana and Arizona Game and Fish released 183 endangered desert pupfish into El Rio Preserve's 9-acre pond under a safe harbor agreement, hoping the pond becomes a source for new sites.
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Marana and Arizona Game and Fish released 183 endangered desert pupfish into the 9-acre pond at El Rio Preserve, Tucson Local Media reported. The release is covered by a safe harbor agreement. Biologists hope the pond will become a source population, a group that can later supply fish for new sites. That is a hope for what the pond might do. The step that has happened is the release of these 183 fish.
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Marana, Arizona, and the state's Game and Fish Department put 183 endangered desert pupfish into a pond at El Rio Preserve, Tucson Local Media reported. The pond covers about 9 acres. The release is under a safe harbor agreement, a kind of permission that lets the fish live on that site. Biologists hope the pond will someday supply fish for new places. That hope is a plan, not a second release that has already happened. The 183 are the fish that went into this pond.
- Why move endangered fish into a pond instead of only protecting the water they already use?
- What is the difference between fish released today and a pond that might supply fish later?
- Why does a small fish need a whole agreement before it can live in a new place?
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