State, feds work together on Gila trout recovery project

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) – State and federal wildlife managers want to know what the public thinks about a proposal for restoring native Gila trout and other native fish to Whitewater Creek and its tributaries.
The Gila National Forest says the public will have through March 25 to comment on the plan.
Officials say the goal is to restore the Gila trout to about 24 miles of steam in hopes of establishing a fishable population.
The majority of the project would be within the Gila Wilderness.
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