Release Of Klamath Basin Suckers Could Save Species

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — It isn’t easy being a Klamath Basin sucker. There has been a 75 percent decline in populations of two endangered Klamath Basin sucker species over the past two decades, and juvenile fish are not surviving beyond their first year of life, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife.

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