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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.

Hannah Grover The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish stocks rainbow trout in Tiger Pond in Aztec. As the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish works to update its fisheries rule, a remote stream in the Gila wilderness could be opened for angling. Fishing has not been allowed in McKenna Creek in Catron County in an effort to protect a small Gila trout population. For decades, this population was believed to be one of the few remaining pure Gila trout populations. But now biologists say the ...

Backcrossing to the Future Ben Ikenson January 19, 2021 In the summer of 2018, a pair of fish biologists and a pair of horse packers embarked on an arduous 13-hour trek through a remote section of the 3.3 million-acre Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico, not far from the Arizona border. “We rode mules the first five or so miles,” recalls Jill Wick, who managed the native fish program for the New Mexican Department of Game and Fish, “but had to continue on foot for the las...