Devils Hole pupfish population falls to crisis point
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Updated · NPR · May 7
Devils Hole pupfish population falls to crisis point
10 articles · Updated · NPR · May 7
Federal wildlife officials said the fish, found only in Devils Hole in Death Valley, dropped to 20 in the wild last spring.
The collapse came as the Trump administration was laying off scientists, and officials responded by taking what the report described as an irrevocable step.
The species has been intensively managed for decades and is considered iconic because its entire wild population survives in a single location.
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