What happens if there is a drought in the future and redband numbers are reduced?
No one can know when or if this will occur, therefore the Fish and Wildlife Service will continue to monitor Great Basin redband trout populations. This becomes especially important if drought conditions return so there is up-to-date information on how population densities and distributions respond. 12. Can the Great Basin redband trout or redband trout in just one of the six basins be petitioned in the future? Yes, anything can be petitioned. However, we currently recognize the Great Basin redband trout, comprised of all six basins, as the DPS. Any future petitions requesting listing of smaller units would have to provide significant new information regarding suggested new DPS boundaries. Without significant new information regarding new DPS boundaries we would publish a negative 90-day finding stating that the information provided was not substantial to designate new DPS boundaries. 13. What is happening with the Service’s range wide status review of Interior redband trout? In publis
