Owens pupfish Finds a New Home with the Bishop Paiute Tribe

Once widespread up and down the Owens Valley in the network of ponds and sloughs that make up the Owens River watershed, the Owens pupfish was once a staple food item for the local Paiute, who caught fish by the hundreds and dried them for storage and later eating. Owens pupfish are small, rarely larger than two and a half inches long.
On April 21, the Bishop Paiute Tribal Council along with Tribal staff, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power came together to release endangered Owens pupfish into the newly established Owens Pupfish Refuge within the Tribe’s Conservation Open Space Area.
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