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AMALIA, N.M. — Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and removed a Rio Grande cutthroat trout that squirmed from his grasp and plopped onto the grassy

A summer-long mission comes to a quick end as cutthroat trout rescued earlier this year are released into new digs

After a wildfire roared through northern New Mexico this summer, state and federal biologists rescued scores of Rio Grande cutthroat trout from a small stream. They were kept alive in

“Their habitat is often gone, washed out of the creek. There’s no place they can hide and cool off. Their food is decimated as well.”

New Mexico is bracing for a rapid exodus of up to 100,000 people from subsidized Medicaid health care next year as the federal government phases out special pandemic-era spending and eligibility for the program.

After a wildfire roared through northern New Mexico this summer, state and federal biologists rescued scores of Rio Grande cutthroat trout from a small stream. They were kept alive in

AMALIA, N.M. (AP) -- Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and removed a Rio Grande cutthroat trout that squirmed from his grasp

In some places, fish have evolved to benefit from fire, which can provide nutrients and improve habitat. But giant fires are causing fish kills in New Mexico, Colorado, California, Oregon and Idaho.

GUNNISON • On Colorados largest body of water, the water hes known all his life, Eric Loken drives his boat toward an uncertain destination.

Climate change and outdated dams are shrinking fish populations across the Mountain West and beyond. That includes a species that a Nevada Native American tribe used to rely on.