By John Flesher
Travers City, Michigan (AP)
Federal officials have decided against placing the coaster brook trout on the endangered species list, even though the fish has become increasingly rare after long flourishing in the upper Great Lakes.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on May 18 said a yearlong review had concluded that coasters were not distinct enough from other brook trout to list them as endangered or establish protected habitat.
Travers City, Michigan (AP)
Federal officials have decided against placing the coaster brook trout on the endangered species list, even though the fish has become increasingly rare after long flourishing in the upper Great Lakes.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on May 18 said a yearlong review had concluded that coasters were not distinct enough from other brook trout to list them as endangered or establish protected habitat.