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Fred Monzyk

Aug 24, 2026

19:10
How is this fish being treated with respect to, like, ESA listing status? 'Cause on the one hand, TNC's conserved land, at the same time, you know, it's very habitat limited, things can happen.
19:22
So yeah, the species got listed not because of concerns about population level.
19:27
It was listed because of the fragility of their habitat they lived in.
19:31
You know, there was the possibility that geothermal energy development might interfere with the amount of water coming into the lake, and it was the fragility of the shoreline that the landowners cut into for irrigation purposes, and then there was some recreational activity happening out there.
19:45
People were driving four-wheel drive vehicles on the biomorphic mound that this lake sits on.
19:50
So for all these reasons, that was the concern with the species, not necessarily population level.
19:55
It was listed back in 1982, and the Nature Conservancy was able to start leasing the land and outright purchase it soon after that.

17 MINS LATER

37:28
Fred, do you have any recommendations on any other native fish to cover in the future?

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