PLAN TO SAVE STATE FISH vs

FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS PLAN TO ANNOUNCE TOMORROW AN AGREEMENT TO SPEND $1.3 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS TO SAVE CALIFORNIA'S STATE FISH FROM EXTINCTION. THE GOLDEN TROUT WILL BE PUT ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, IF THE EFFORT FAILS. U.C. DAVIS SCIENTISTS FOUND ALARMING INTERBREEDING AMONG THE REMAINING POPULATIONS OF THE FISH, CREATING THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF EXTINCTION. THE STATE FISH SINCE 1947, THE GOLDEN TROUT IS A SUBSPECIES OF RAINBOW TROUT, ONCE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.