Fish

Environmental researchers say PFAS and other so-called “forever chemicals” are present at “staggeringly high” levels in freshwater fish in the mountain west, and residents are poised to fight the proposed Sweetwater Lake State Park.

As people start to take down their holiday decorations, some community leaders and advocates are pushing for recycling those materials.

We touched base this week with our colleagues at the Colorado Sun to learn more about the news they're covering. Reporter Michael Booth spoke with KUNC's Beau Baker about the stories the Sun is featuring.

Climate change and outdated dams are shrinking fish populations across the Mountain West and beyond. That includes a species that a Native American tribe in our region used to rely on.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have downlisted the humpback chub, a fish found only in the Colorado River Basin, from endangered status to threatened. The move comes after decades of protection and conservation efforts, which have slowly brought the species back from the brink of extinction.

The humpback chub, a rare fish found only in the Colorado River basin, has been brought back from the brink of extinction after decades of protection, though work must continue to ensure its survival, federal authorities said Monday in reclassifying the species from endangered to threatened status.

With Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead on the brink of extinction, there are new efforts being brokered to save the famed fish.

An endangered fish found in the Colorado River basin is on the upswing, federal officials said Tuesday as they proposed reclassifying the humpback chub as…

New evidence from Japan's Lake Shinji suggests that the widely used family of pesticides called neonicotinoids, already controversial for harming pollinators, could pose risks to fish as well.

The internet loves certain things: rooting for an underdog, poking at humorless institutions, and coming up with ridiculous names. A flap over the name of…