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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2001

The cooperation among tribes and states to restore the Bonneville cutthroat trout has apparently worked so well that the Department of Interior won't list it as an endangered species.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife made the decision not to de-list on Wednesday. Environmental groups sought to list the trout, which evolved in Utah's Lake Bonneville 20,000 years ago.

Utah in 1997 signed an agreement with Fish and Wildlife to restore the fish's population. Tribes and states have joined the effort.

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Official Fish Loses Federal Protection Bid (The Salt Lake Tribune 10/11)