Tim Hovey, a senior environmental scientist, specialist, with the California. FILLMORE, Calif. (April 7, 2017) - Tim Hovey, a senior environmental scientist, specialist, with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) removes netting over a container that houses a small population of unarmored threespine sticklebacks at the CDFW's Fillmore Fish Hatchery. A team of biologists and scientists from the Fish and Wildlife Service and CDFW moved the fish to the hatchery late last year after conducting an emergency rescue in response to a fire that threatened their habitat. Unarmored t

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Tim Hovey, a senior environmental scientist, specialist, with the California. FILLMORE, Calif. (April 7, 2017) - Tim Hovey, a senior environmental scientist, specialist, with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) removes netting over a container that houses a small population of unarmored threespine sticklebacks at the CDFW's Fillmore Fish Hatchery. A team of biologists and scientists from the Fish and Wildlife Service and CDFW moved the fish to the hatchery late last year after conducting an emergency rescue in response to a fire that threatened their habitat. Unarmored threespine sticklebacks are a federally and state endangered species.

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