PORTLAND, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced todaythat Endangered Species Act protections have successfully recovered the Oregon chub, a silvery speckled minnow found only in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The fish earned protection in 1993 after its populations plummeted due to development of its wetland habitat and predation by introduced sports fish. Federal protection, including protection of some of its most important habitat, allowed the chub’s population to rebound from fewer…
