BRIEFLY : CRITICS SAY STATE DROPPED BALL ON STEELHEAD.OJAI - Failure by wildlife officials to protect a tiny population of steelhead trout may have eliminated any chance to restore the fish in upper San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. Creek, critics contend. A small school of southern steelhead trout was discovered this summer in a pool at the Soule Park golf course, where the fish apparently were stranded on their journey to the sea. It raised hopes the endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. may be rebounding. But the 10 steelhead spotted this summer are now gone. The pond is clogged with algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that , appears stagnant and is surrounded by egrets, which prey on fish. Raccoons and other predators may have taken a toll, too, though golf course personnel say they have seen no dead steelhead. The final blow was apparently delivered by a fisherman, who left with one of the endangered fish in tow, golf course general manager Don Miller said. ``It's something we just made a mistake on. It's horrible,'' said Mauricio Cardenas, fisheries biologist for the state Fish and Game Department. ``We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if the fish are gone or poached poach 1 tr.v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid: Poach the fish in wine. or what happened to them. This just kind of ended up on the back burner.'' - Associated Press |
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