Thanks to you, the Razorback is recovering!

Howdy folks,

We interrupt your regular hippo programming with... THE RAZORBACK SUCKER.

Is it one of the coolest native fish in the Colorado River Basin? Arguably so! This prehistoric-looking oddball has survived drought, cats, spilled groovers, dams, pesticides, and decades of rapid change. All of your efforts to introduce the Razorback Sucker Dragbag to rivers near you, (and more than thirty years of collaborative conservation with the the US Fish and Wildlife Service) has made an impact. They just  reclassified the Razorback from Endangered to Threatened, recognizing real recovery across the basin—including the Colorado, Green, Gunnison, Yampa, Verde and Salt rivers! The largest population has grown from about 100 adults in the 1990s to around 36,000 today. Nice work fish and folks!

We spend a lot of time hearing what's not working. And we hear a lot about shady government dealings. Be that as it may, these numbers are still worth noting. Today, we celebrate this victory. Rivers are resilient. Weird fish are resilient. We can be, too, if we stick to our fins.

Keep it up!

Larry and Barry the Hippos