Utah emphasizes three maintenance success stories for endangered species

June Sucker, Humback Chub and the Ute Ladies' springs have been listed under the law on endangered species for decades. But everyone has made progress in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Wildlife Resources.

An endangered species is every kind that has a serious risk of dying in a certain area or in its entire natural habitat.

The June Sucker is a local fish that is only found in Utah Lake and its tributaries. DWR reports that the fish has decreased due to overgrown, water flow changes and drought, habitat changes and much more. At one point there was less than 1,000 June. The fish was added to the list of endangered species in 1986.

In 2021, June vacuum was listed by endangered too threatened. The ongoing maintenance efforts such as the Provo River Delta Restoration Project contributed to increasing the population by 30,000 to 45,000 in June.

The humpback head is a relatively small fish with a pronounced hump behind its head. It was listed as endangered in 1973 after large dams and human water consumption changed the river flow, which affected the population.

After successful maintenance efforts, the fish was listed on impending fish by the endangered fish recovery program by Upper Colorado River.

After all, the Ute Ladies' press is an orchid plant. It has a long increase in small white flowers arranged in a gradual spiral.

The plant was threatened in 1992 due to the loss of habitats as threatened as part of the law on endangered species. At that time it was only found in Utah and Colorado.

Through habitat management and protection work, the wildflower can now be found in eight western states and in South -British -Colombia in Canada. In January the Ute Ladies' press was removed from the list.