A Rare Olive-Colored Fish that Exists only in Nevada Could Soon Be Listed as an Endangered Species
- In May 2025, a federal agency announced a proposal to classify the rare Fish Lake Valley tui chub in Nevada as an endangered species.
- This development follows a 2023 lawsuit filed by an environmental group that resulted in a settlement requiring a listing decision by May 2025.
- The designation is warranted due to destruction and modification of its habitat caused by groundwater pumping, agriculture, climate change, invasive species, and looming mining projects.
- The olive-colored minnow is less than 5 inches long and now survives in only one pond threatened by groundwater extraction mainly for alfalfa and development pressures.
- Federal protections could prevent extinction, which experts say would cause the collapse of the surrounding ecosystem relying on shared groundwater.
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Fish Threatened By Farms and Mining Set to Be First Species Listed As Endangered in Second Trump Term - Inside Climate News
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed an Endangered Species Act listing for a rare chub whose habitat has been dried up by over-pumping of groundwater that would be further stressed by proposed lithium mines.
The Trump administration just proposed its first animal to be added to the endangered species list: a rare fish from Nevada that's 'barely clinging to existence'
At the same time, the Trump administration has been trying to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species.
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