Not too long ago fisheries experts in the High Sierra realized that if they removed non-native trout from high-elevation lakes, they could boost fragile populations of a small frog that once was widespread throughout the range. Now Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks want to remove trout from slightly more than 80 of the parks' 560 lakes and ponds to give the mountain yellow-legged frog a chance for survival.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/10/sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks-set-work-eis-yellow-legged-frog-recovery4726
The Moon is Full
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Set to Work on EIS for Yellow-Legged Frog Recovery
All posts are those of the individual authors and the owner
of this site does not endorse them. Content should be considered opinion
and not fact until verified independently.
October 11, 2009 01:44PM |
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
