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The Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) is a species of salmonid, related to the rainbow trout, native to the Southwest United States. Prior to 2006 the Gila trout was federally listed as endangered .
Sep. 25—At age 69, Jim Brooks is still traversing the Gila Wilderness with his pack mules and a purpose. Though he retired from a long career as a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Reptiles such as the Arizona coral snake and Gila monster are rarely present; [16] common snakes include the black-tailed rattlesnake, rock rattlesnake, and Sonora mountain kingsnake. Brown trout, rainbow trout, catfish and bass are found in rivers and streams. [2] The threatened Gila trout is present in Iron
The Mora National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center is one of seven federal fish hatchery technology centers in the United States.Located in Mora County, New Mexico, on State Route 434 (milepost 1.5), [1] it is mainly involved in the restoration and recovery of the threatened Gila trout, a fish found only in the upper headwaters of the Gila River in New Mexico and Arizona.
Gila is home to namesake wildlife that includes the Gila monster, Gila trout, Gila topminnow, several members of the Gila (western chub) genus, and the Gila woodpecker. [4] [5] Other notable species include black bear, bald eagle, cougar, Coyote, spotted owl, elk, white-tailed deer, osprey, peregrine falcon, bobcat, collared peccary, Gray fox, white-nosed coati, racoon, mule deer, wild turkey ...
At the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, visitors can tour the cave homes of the Mogollon people from more than 700 years ago. Admission is free. Liz Van Steenburgh/shutterstock
Two people are in police custody after a shooting left a rookie police officer and a bystander dead during a dance at the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona, early Saturday, authorities said.
The native Gila trout has been brought back from the verge of extinction and now exists in small populations in Diamond Creek, South Diamond Creek and Black Canyon on the west side of the Black Range. A population of Rio Grande cutthroat trout survives in Holden Prong of Las Animas Creek on the east side of the Black Range. [6]