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Board authorizes letter of support for state plan to reintroduce spotfin chub in Clinch River
Summary
The board voted to provide authorization and a letter supporting the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ proposal to reintroduce the federally listed spotfin chub in sections of the Clinch River, enabling the agency to proceed with grant-funded propagation and release work.
The Scott County Board of Supervisors voted to authorize county support and a letter for a proposed spotfin chub reintroduction led by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
Mike Pender, an aquatic biologist with the department, described the spotfin chub as a small minnow historically present in the Clinch and Powell rivers and outlined a reintroduction plan funded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Pender told the board the effort…
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