The Iron Curtain Trail's Landscapes of Memory, Meaning, and Recovery
In: Focus on geography, Volume 57, Issue 3, p. 126-133
ISSN: 1949-8535
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In: Focus on geography, Volume 57, Issue 3, p. 126-133
ISSN: 1949-8535
In: Society and natural resources, Volume 27, Issue 3, p. 337-340
ISSN: 1521-0723
In: Science, technology, & human values: ST&HV, Volume 46, Issue 6, p. 1201-1229
ISSN: 1552-8251
Advances in genetics and genomics have raised new questions in trout restoration and management, specifically about species identity and purity, which fish to value, and where these fish belong. This paper examines how this molecular turn in fisheries management is influencing wild and native trout policy in Colorado. Examples from two small Colorado watersheds, Bear Creek and Sand Creek, illustrate how framing trout as genetic bodies can guide managers to care for or kill trout populations in the interest of rectifying decades of genetic disruption caused by human activity. While trout management has typically relied on human intervention, the turn to genetic science is prompting new classifications of lineage and taxa, altering long-standing conservation priorities, and reorienting the manipulation of biological processes such as reproduction and dispersal. As a result, other social and ecological factors may be pushed to the margins of management decisions. These changes warrant greater conversation about the consequences of molecular analyses and the values embedded in trout science and conservation more broadly.
In: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 34, p. 349-373
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In: Society and natural resources, Volume 32, Issue 11, p. 1312-1329
ISSN: 1521-0723