Apache trout: swimming towards recovery. From: Endangered Species Bulletin | Date: February 1, 2007| Author: Springer, Craig | COPYRIGHT 2007 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Arizona's iconic image may be a saguaro cactus in a gritty desert, but when you get out of the Sonoran low-lands and into the high country, things change. The cooler, forested mountains of east-central Arizona are home to the Alchesay-Williams Creek National Fish Hatchery Complex on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Ideal for producing Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache), the facility is essential for the recovery of the species.

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