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Lahontan cutthroat trout

Index Lahontan cutthroat trout

Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) is the largest subspecies of cutthroat trout, and the state fish of Nevada. [1]

64 relations: Alkali, Alvord Desert, Brook trout, California Gold Rush, Carson River, Catostomidae, Cui-ui, Cutbow, Cutthroat trout, David Starr Jordan, Derby Dam, DSSAM Model, Endangered species, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Extinction, Fallon, Nevada, Fish ladder, Fluvial, Forage fish, Great Basin, Hatchery, Humboldt cutthroat trout, Humboldt River, Hybrid (biology), Hydrological transport model, Ice age, Irrigation, John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, Lake, Lake Lahontan, Lake Lenore (Washington), Lake Tahoe, Lake trout, List of U.S. state fish, Managed intensive rotational grazing, Mann Lake, Mason Valley (Nevada), Nevada, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Newlands Reclamation Act, North America, Northern Paiute, Omak Lake, Pilot Peak (Nevada), Pyramid Lake (Nevada), Quinn River, Rainbow trout, Reno, Nevada, Robert J. Behnke, ..., Salmonidae, Steens Mountain, Subspecies, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada, The New York Times, Theodore Gill, Threatened species, Truckee River, Tui chub, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Walker Lake (Nevada), Walker River, Washington (state). Expand index (14 more) »

Alkali

In chemistry, an alkali (from Arabic: al-qaly “ashes of the saltwort”) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical element.

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Alvord Desert

The Alvord Desert is a desert located in Harney County, in southeastern Oregon in the western United States.

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Brook trout

The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae.

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California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

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Carson River

The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin.

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Catostomidae

The Catostomidae are the suckers of the order Cypriniformes, with about 78 species in this family of freshwater fishes.

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Cui-ui

The cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus) is a large sucker fish endemic to Pyramid Lake and, prior to its desiccation in the 20th century, Winnemucca Lake in northwestern Nevada.

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Cutbow

A cutbow (Oncorhynchus clarkii × mykiss) is an interspecific fertile hybrid between a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and a cutthroat trout (O. clarkii).

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Cutthroat trout

The cutthroat trout is a fish species of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin in North America.

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David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist.

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Derby Dam

Derby Dam is a diversion dam built in 1904-05 on the Truckee River, located about east of Reno in Storey and Washoe counties in Nevada, United States.

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DSSAM Model

The DSSAM Model (Dynamic Stream Simulation and Assessment Model) is a computer simulation developed for the Truckee River to analyze water quality impacts from land use and wastewater management decisions in the Truckee River Basin.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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Endangered Species Act of 1973

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of US environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Fallon, Nevada

Fallon is a city in Churchill County, Nevada, United States.

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Fish ladder

A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass or fish steps, is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration.

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Fluvial

In geography and geology, fluvial processes are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by them.

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Forage fish

Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish which are preyed on by larger predators for food.

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Great Basin

The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America.

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Hatchery

A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.

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Humboldt cutthroat trout

The Humboldt cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii humboldtensis) is a subspecies of cutthroat trout, a North American fish in the Salmonidae family.

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Humboldt River

The Humboldt River runs through northern Nevada in the western United States.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Hydrological transport model

An hydrological transport model is a mathematical model used to simulate river or stream flow and calculate water quality parameters.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Irrigation

Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

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Kit Carson

Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868), better known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman.

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Lake

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

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Lake Lahontan

Lake Lahontan was a large endorheic Pleistocene lake of modern northwestern Nevada that extended into northeastern California and southern Oregon.

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Lake Lenore (Washington)

Lake Lenore (a.k.a. Lenore Lake) is located in Grant County, Washington.

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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (Washo: dáʔaw) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.

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Lake trout

Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America.

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List of U.S. state fish

This is a list of official and unofficial U.S. state fishes.

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Managed intensive rotational grazing

In agriculture, Managed intensive rotational grazing (MIRG), also known as simply as managed grazing or cell grazing, mob grazing and holistic managed planned grazing, describes a variety of closely related systems of forage use in which ruminant and non-ruminant herds and/or flocks are regularly and systematically moved to fresh rested areas with the intent to maximize the quality and quantity of forage growth.

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Mann Lake

Mann Lake is the largest of the shallow playa lakes in the northern part of the Alvord Valley in Harney County in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Mason Valley (Nevada)

The Mason Valley is a valley in western Nevada, between the Singatse Range and the Wassuk Range in Lyon County, Nevada.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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Nevada Department of Wildlife

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is the state agency responsible for the restoration and management of fish and wildlife resources, and the promotion of boating safety on Nevada’s waters.

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Newlands Reclamation Act

The Reclamation Act (also known as the Lowlands Reclamation Act or National Reclamation Act) of 1902 is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Northern Paiute

Northern Paiute is a Numic tribe that has traditionally lived in the Great Basin in eastern California, western Nevada, and southeast Oregon.

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Omak Lake

Omak Lake is a saline endorheic lake in the U.S. state of Washington, within the Greater Omak Area.

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Pilot Peak (Nevada)

Pilot Peak (Shoshoni: Waahkai) is the highest mountain in the Pilot Range in extreme eastern Elko County, Nevada, United States.

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Pyramid Lake (Nevada)

Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the Truckee River Basin, northeast of Reno.

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Quinn River

The Quinn River, once known as the Queen River, is an intermittent river, approximately long, in the desert of northwestern Nevada in the United States.

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Rainbow trout

The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe.

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Robert J. Behnke

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Salmonidae

Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family currently placed in the order Salmoniformes.

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Steens Mountain

Steens Mountain is in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a large fault-block mountain, Located in Harney County, it stretches some north to south, and rises from alongside the Alvord Desert at elevation of about to a summit elevation of.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.

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Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada

The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in northwest Nevada.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Theodore Gill

Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.

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Threatened species

Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.

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Truckee River

The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada.

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Tui chub

The Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor) is a cyprinid fish native to western North America.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.

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Walker Lake (Nevada)

Walker Lake is a natural lake, in the Great Basin in western Nevada in the United States.

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Walker River

The Walker River is a river in west-central Nevada in the United States, approximately long.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahontan_cutthroat_trout

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