The Division of Wildlife Resources is also highlighting the endangered native woundfin, a minnow only found in a short section of the Virgin River.
The DWR says non-native fish are pushing out the 4-inch minnow along with drought conditions, altered streamflows, elevated water temperature and a reduction in spawning and rearing habitat.
As part of ongoing efforts to increase the population, the DWR partnered with the Utah Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics to transport about 300 fish on a plane from a hatchery in New Mexico to a research center in Logan, Utah.
As of May, this additional population of woundfin has produced 1,000 larval fish, with 3,000 eggs still developing.
Utah has 44 animal and plant species on the federal endangered species list.
