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UDOT plane flies endangered woundfin from New Mexico to Logan to reduce transport risk
Summary
UDOT’s Division of Aeronautics flew federally listed woundfin from a hatchery near Roswell, N.M., to a Logan facility in one day last week at the request of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, shortening transit time and lowering mortality risk compared with a 22-hour ground transfer.
A Utah Department of Transportation aircraft carried federally listed woundfin from a hatchery near Roswell, New Mexico, to a Logan research facility in a single day last week after the Department of Natural Resources asked for help, according to participants in the transfer.
"So many folks didn't know this, but state of Utah actually has a plane, and that's ran through the division of with UDOT," said Speaker 1, who introduced the operation and said state agencies can request the Division of Aeronautics for interagency transport. Staff removed seats and prepared the aircraft to accommodate live fish, participants said.
Speaker 2, identified in the transcript as UDOT aviation staff, said the agencies "share a hangar with the DNR pilots" and that the UDOT airplane "is…
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