Land Witness Project

The thousands of silvery minnows released this past week were all spawned at the BioPark. Most were spawned last year, and some were spawned this year.

The Rio Grande silvery minnow occupies 7% of its native range, living in just three sections of the river: the Albuquerque, Isleta and San Acacia reaches. It was first listed as endangered in 1994. Human intervention has been key to preventing the fish species’ extinction.

For more than 20 years, Fish and Wildlife, and the BioPark have been gathering minnow eggs in the spring, then releasing grown fish into the river in the fall.

In the early years, fish were not spawned in captivity. The eggs were raised to adulthood, then released. But the effort has grown more sophisticated, and now some of the wild eggs are used to breed more fish. The BioPark, along with state and federal officials, works with 13 other partners to conserve the fish.

is reported in the Albuquerque Journal by Cathy Cook
📸Photos by Chauncey Bush

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