Evolution of Grand Canyon Science: Mike Yard 2

And I'm not sure if it follows suit between Little Colorado and the western, or how geographically that goes.

But...

Are we as a community, the three of us who spend half our lives on the river, are we aware of when suddenly it seemed like there were a lot more humpback chub down in the lower end than there ever had been before?

Well, I know.

I'm certainly aware.

During the BioWest work, I worked a lot down in the western end.

Right.

And we wouldn't catch any fish.

Didn't we

used to think that was like a desert? Well, it

was a desert if you were employed to fish it.

What year, Brian, were you doing that? What was the BioWest contract?

That was in the 90s, early 90s.

Yeah.

And there was nothing.

There was

nothing.

I agree.

Maybe an occasional...

There

were catfish.

Well, and we did pick up an occasional humpback chub, say, at Randy's Rock.

Or, you know, there's that big adult.

We called it the birthday chub.

And there was an occasional catch down below 205.