U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Mountain-Prairie Region Flickr Update

Latest update from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region Seedskadee Moonset 03/02/2021 05:14 PM EST USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: The moon sets just before the sun rises. Overlooking the Green River at Seedskadee Natioanal Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seedskadee Moonset 03/02/2021 05:14 PM EST USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: The moon sets just before the sun rises. Overlooking the Green River at Seedskadee Natioanal Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus 03/02/2021 04:11 PM EST USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: Razorback suckers prefer to live over sand mud, or gravel bottoms. They can inhabit a diversity of habitats from mainstream channels to the backwaters of medium and large streams of rivers. The razorback sucker spends most of its life at depths where ultraviolet light cannot penetrate but these fish will move into the shallows to spawn. Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery by Sam Stukel (USFWS). Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus 03/02/2021 04:11 PM EST USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: The razorback sucker was listed as Protected under Utah law in 1973, listed as Endangered under Colorado law in 1979, and was classified as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act and given full protection under the law in 1991. Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery by Sam Stukel (USFWS). Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus 03/02/2021 04:11 PM EST USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: The Razorback sucker is a native species of the Colorado River dating back to more than 3 million years ago. Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery by Sam Stukel (USFWS). Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus 03/02/2021 04:11 PM EST USFWS Mountain Prairie posted a photo: : Razorback suckers were historically found throughout the Colorado River drainage basin but now have become rare above the Grand Canyon. These fish are now restricted to a relatively small number of sites in the Colorado River system from Wyoming to southeastern California. Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery by Sam Stukel (USFWS).   manage preferences  |  unsubscribe  |  help  |  contact us This email was sent to stevenmagallanes520.nims@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service · 707 17th St, Suite 4000 · Denver, CO 80202