Endangered Species Day

The Fish and Wildlife Service will celebrate. Endangered Species Day in conjunction with the Watershed Festival. The hatchery will provide species talks about their efforts to restore endangered fisheries and screen a special endangered species movie.

Program:

Center fisheries staff will lead talks in front of the Center’s aquaria discussing the Center’s efforts to recover various species of threatened and endangered fish in the region. The aquaria will be stocked with examples of T&E fish that the center works to recover, including the Woundfin, June sucker, pallid sturgeon. We will also screen a 30 minute documentary about USFWS efforts to recover the Greenback Cutthroat trout in Colorado. We will also staff an ES Day info booth on the Center’s grounds.

Schedule of events:

12-1230pm— Film w/ intro by Derek

12-30-1pm—Fish recovery discussion by the aquaria (BFTC staff)

1-130pm— Film w/ intro by Derek

130-2pm-- Fish recovery discussion by the aquaria (BFTC staff)

2-230pm-- Film w/ intro by Derek

ES Day Info booth—all day.

Film summary:

Incredible Journey Of The Greenback Cutthroats
It took a journey of two million years and thousands of miles, crossing the nation's highest mountains, for the Greenback cutthroat trout to evolve and reach the eastern slopes of Colorado. Shortly after the American pioneers arrived, however, the Denver area's native trout were almost wiped out forever. This program tells the story of how the Greenbacks evolved and migrated to Colorado, why they declined and almost disappeared, and how the scientific recovery process works in restoring new populations for the future. Like its wild cousins the eagle and the wolf, the Greenback is one of the greatest success stories of the Endangered Species Act.

This film won 3 awards at the Intl Wildlife Film Festival  http://wildlifefilms.org/videolib/detail.asp?videoID=408