Shameless plug as we get closer to the end~
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These are 2 of my previously produced designs.
They were both guest designs I was invited to make, so I wanted them to mirror each other. Extinct birds and extremely endangered fish.
I dunno if I mentioned it last time, but the orange fish, the Golden Skiffia was extinct in the wild until last year.
1200 were reintroduced and they're supposed to be monitored for 5 years.
Hopefully they make it!
Reintroductions aren't often successful, but I'd love it if these little guys beat the odds.
she found a tiny bit of time to participate in a fishing festival to blow off some steam [and it was shockingly not raining], but she kept catching endangered fish and having to throw them back.
Long story, but because A PLACE, was unscrupulous, we have massive vet bills all of a sudden.
PLACE, won't be named... yet. I've filed a formal complaint and will file one with the IRS too if they don't do right.
It's a bad time. But here's some GOOD NEWS. Devil's Hole Pupfish counts are the highest in a quarter of a century.
191 individuals.
It may not seem like a lot, but in 2013, there were only 35.
These fish are always going to be rare and strange, even the high counts in the in the 90's only counted 200 some fish. They live in a limestone cave in Death valley, on the Nevada side bordering California. It's weird.
And if you're so inclined, I have a pin I designed and made as a guest artist for my friend.
It depicts extremely endangered freshwater fish. The Devil's Hole Pupfish in the lower right, the controversial Delta Smelt on top, and in the lead, the extinct in the wild (until very recently) Golden Skiffia.
NGL, this is expensive to produce and expensive in general. 100% transparent inks with an epoxy dome and tons of micro details.
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The Cape Fear Shiner, Notropis mekistocholas, is a small endangered species of minnow only found in the Cape Fear River Basin in North Carolina. It's protected under the Endangered Species Act and is extremely hard to find, currently only being found in two rivers and a few tributaries.
Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Their range fell with the construction of dams across the Cape Fear river basin, preventing the fish from reaching their critical habitat and other populations of their species, decreasing genetic diversity. Dams also change the movement of water, and still water is not ideal for this fish, nor is the abundance of its invasive predator, the flathead catfish.
Flathead Catfish, Pylodictis olivaris. The shiner is very susceptible to changes in water quality, which have also decreased their populations. Things like increased sedimentation, the dumping of wastewater into local waterways, and runoff from cities and agriculture all hurt this fish and prevent them from thriving. The overflow of manure lagoons from hog farming are especially a problem that affect the waterways. The disappearance of this fish shows how the water quality of North Carolina is declining.
Manure lagoon, North Carolina. However, there are efforts to keep this fish from disappearing. There have been dam removals to allow fish to reunite, captive breeding to increase their numbers without relying on the small wild populations, fishers targetting invasive fish like the flathead catfish, and general efforts to improve water quality across North Carolina with improved regulations. There is hope for this fish to recover and return to its previous abundance.
