Restoration of New Mexico's native Rio Grande cutthroat trout will temporarily close Willow Creek. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Santa Fe National Forest is temporarily closing part of the Willow ...

Sep. 25—At age 69, Jim Brooks is still traversing the Gila Wilderness with his pack mules and a purpose. Though he retired from a long career as a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

SEVEN SPRINGS, NM (KRQE) – The state fish is in need of some help. The New Mexico Department Game and Fish is trying to restore the population of the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout. The fish was ...

When the mine closed in Questa, New Mexico, in 2014, ... But the community is just east of the Rio Grande, home to a core population of the river’s native cutthroat trout, ...

A Rio Grande cutthroat trout caught in September 2022. The trout subspecies and New Mexico state fish is threatened by nonnative trout species and habitat loss.

They are also larger and more aggressive than cutthroat trout. Lauren Flynn, New Mexico State University graduate student in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences ...

Near Costilla, NM — The completion of a restoration project to bring the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout back to the waters of northern New Mexico was a cause for celebration Saturday.

SANTA FE - New Mexico drivers can now get a license plate featuring the state's official fish — the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. A portion of the initial $27 fee for the plate and nearly all of ...

Today’s decision means the agency must reconsider listing the trout under the Act. The fish still survives in southwestern Colorado, along with southwestern, north and east-central New Mexico. “We’ve ...

The trout were inside the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak Fire boundary and were brought to a safer environment. Over 250 Rio Grande cutthroat trout from Alamitos Creek were caught and taken to a safer ...

DENVER (AP/CBS4) — A judge has asked U.S. biologists to explain part of a determination that a trout native to Colorado and New Mexico doesn't merit an endangered species listing.