Weeks 2 and 3
Recently, a debate has come up about whether the different variants of chubs actually qualify as different species. I've been keeping up with this debate which will be resolved by the EPA sometime in March. I will keep my readers updated on what I find. If you would like to see the exact article, the link is: http://knau.org/post/three-colorado-river-chubs-may-no-longer-qualify-protection-separate-species My city's newspaper also published an article on the chub and so I've done some more delving into the different methods that have been proposed to save the Gila cypha. Translocation seems to be a decent option because the water temperature and maybe even the pH is more optimal near the confluence than where they were before in the canyon. This link has more details: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/endangered-chub-conservation-sees-success-in-grand-canyon/article_7072b5db-562e-50c7-a2bb-44b1b7252d90.html I've begun to communicate with USGS about obtaining copies o...