OREGON CHUB FIRST FISH TO BE TAKEN OFF ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST AFTER 21 YEARS - FRESH WATER MINNOW

SC MONITOR : OREGON MINNOW BOUNCES BACK FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST

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... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it was proposing that the Oregon chub was recovered, 21 years after it went on the endangered species list. The proposal will go through a 60-day public comment period before becoming final. The agency will monitor the fish for nine years to make sure populations continue to grow.

"We're not saying it won't need management," Paul Henson, Oregon director of Fish and Wildlife, said in an interview. "But they can leave the hospital and get out to be an outpatient." ...