Circuli desrt pupfish5/10/2023 ![]() The Devil's Hole pupfish has been the beneficiary of one of the most aggressive campaigns ever to preserve a species, an effort every bit as intense as those to save the bald eagle and California condor. Mike Bower andLinda Manning(CQ SUBJECTS) Brian Hobbs with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (CQ, Terry Baldino NPS) Kat Wade Show More Show Lessīut after 20,000 years in the desert, the fish teeters on the edge of extinction. The Devil's Hole pupfish are the most endangered of the desert pupfish and the unofficial count at the end of the day was 38. Kat Wade/The Chronicle Linda Manning and Mal Maloney (CQ, subjects)e Kat Wade Show More Show Less 11 of15 (TOP TO BOTTOM ) National Park Service Fish Biologist, Mike Bower, Brian Hobbs with the Nevada Department of Wildlife and National Park Service Wildlife Biologist, Linda Manning work on the surface count while diver's are below in Devil's hole to do the annual count of the Devil's Hole desert pupfish in the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows of the Amargosa Valley just west of Pahrump, Nevada is in the largest oasis in the desert on April 14, 2007. National Park Service Wildlife Biologist, Linda Manning and volunteer diver, Mal Maloney wait as other diver return from counting pupfish when scientists and National Park certified divers do the annual count of the Devil's Hole desert pupfish in the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows of the Amargosa Valley just west of Pahrump, Nevada is in the largest oasis in the desert on April 14, 2007. Stan Hillyard(CQ, subject) Kat Wade Show More Show Less The Devil's Hole pupfish are the most endangered of the desert pupfish and the unofficial count at the end of the day was 38.ĭr. Stan Hillyard climbs the steep cliff from Devil's Hole 80 feet below completely outfitted in SCUBA gear after the second dive when scientists and National Park certified divers do the annual count of the Devil's Hole desert pupfish in the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows of the Amargosa Valley just west of Pahrump, Nevada is in the largest oasis in the desert on April 14, 2007. Stan Hillyard(CQ SUBJECT) Kat Wade Show More Show Less 5 of15 PUPFISH_0462_KW.JPGīiologist, Dr. ![]() Stan Hillyard, volunteer science diver, Zane Marshall, Palm Springs Fire Department swift water rescue diver, Robert Perotti and volunteer diver, Mal Maloney (acting as lead diver) gives the thumbs up to surface safety diver National Park Service Diving Safety Officer and lead safety diver, Tom Jaskulski (NOT PICTURED) as they prepare to submerge into Devil's hole to do the annual count of the Devil's Hole desert pupfish in the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows of the Amargosa Valley just west of Pahrump, Nevada is in the largest oasis in the desert on April 14, 2007. Kat Wade/The Chronicle Mandatory Credit for San Francisco Chronicle and photographer, Kat Wade, No Sales Mags out Kat Wade Show More Show Less Scientists and National Park certified divers do the annual count of the Devil's Hole desert pupfish in the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows of the Amargosa Valley just west of Pahrump, Nevada is in the largest oasis in the desert on April 14, 2007. ![]() Zane Marshall (CQ, subject) Kat Wade Show More Show Less 2 of15 PUPFISH_0385_KW.JPGĪ male King Pool pupfish (the closest relative to the Devil's hole pupfish protects his territory in King Pool Ash Meadows at Point of Rocks on April 14, 2007. Volunteer science diver, Zane Marshall is an unusual sights walking across the desert in full SCUBA gear as he heads for Devil's Hole when scientists and National Park certified divers do the annual count of the Devil's Hole desert pupfish in the Mojave Desert at Ash Meadows of the Amargosa Valley just west of Pahrump, Nevada is in the largest oasis in the desert on April 14, 2007.
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