I was fortunate enough to be given a tour of the Aquatic Conservation Facility yesterday. It's located at the far northwest end of the BioPark, beyond the Garden and the Heritage Farm. Despite the blustery, chill weather, we got to look at the outdoor tanks for the silvery minnows and the complex of indoor facilities for the minnows and other endangered species.
A few tanks contained fish that were extinct in the wild in their native range of north-central Mexico.
There were also populations of the Socorro isopod, in case their native spring and the wild population is lost.
Fortunately, this facility is largely funded by the BioPark Society and so is buffered from what will likely be an attack on the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Endangered Species Act.
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