There are certain fish and wildlife species out there whose very existence, or lack thereof, is a measure not only of the environment and the habitat they thrive in, but the efforts to support their surrounding ecosystems.
Two species that quickly come to mind are common loons in the Adirondacks, and lake trout anywhere they exist. Many would classify brook trout in the same category, as New York’s official state fish certainly has its challenges, and in modern times, seems to have always had.
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