In some places, fish have evolved to benefit from fire, which can provide nutrients and improve habitat. But giant, intense fires are causing fish kills in New Mexico, Colorado, California, Oregon and Idaho.
AMALIA, N.M. — Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and removed a Rio Grande cutthroat trout that squirmed from his grasp and plopped onto the grassy bank of Middle Ponil Creek.
“With every fire, more of their populations are being affected," said Jill Wick, native fish program manager for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. “Their habitat is often gone, washed out of the creek. There's no place they can hide and cool off. Their food is decimated as well." But farther south, ever-larger fires incinerate so much foliage holding soil in place that heavy debris flows cause oversized algae blooms that can suffocate fish.
Man-made changes to waterways and landscapes make it harder for fish to survive during and after fires, she said. Water diversions have shrunk habitat. Low levels caused by drought, plus culverts, roads and dams, prevent fish from fleeing to cooler spots. “There's a risk of demonizing or villainizing the Rio Grande cutthroat,” Mitchell said."That could result in anything from vandalism to outright efforts to exterminate the fish, when by and large, longtime residents prize them.”
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