FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An endangered fish that makes its home in the Colorado River basin no longer is at the brink of extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will consider reclassifying the humpback chub as threatened within the next year. The fish that can navigate turbulent waters and have a fleshy bump …
For more than a decade, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have moved hundreds of humpback chub each fall about five miles upriver, where there are fewer predators and more food for the fish.
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