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Key Fact: June sucker declared endangered

Key Fact: June sucker declared endangered

In April 1986, the June sucker is declared endangered as fewer than 1,000 fish remained in Utah Lake and its tributaries.

The June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (JSRIP) is a multi-agency effort designed to coordinate and implement recovery activities for the formerly endangered (now downlisted to "threatened") June sucker, a fish found only in Utah Lake and lower reaches of its tributaries. The program works to balance water resource requirements for humans with species-recovery efforts. The program recognizes the need to continue operation and development of water development projects to meet the Wasatch Front’s growing water demands.

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June Sucker featured on US Fish & Wildlife's Fish of the Week Podcast

Head to the former "greatest sucker pond in the universe" where old timey ichthyologist David Starr Jordan once got his boat stuck on a shoal of suckers. Russ Franklin with the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program and Chris Keleher from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are guests.

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