With a growing sense of sorrow, the Pomo Indian tribes of Clear Lake are watching a generations-old symbol of abundance fade into extinction.
Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.
Ron Montez, tribal historic preservation officer for the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, stands at Middle Creek, where hitch spawn.urged U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams to list the imperiled fish on an emergency basis.The Clear Lake hitch was designated as a threatened species under California’s Endangered Species Act in 2014. Since then, however, its numbers have fallen to near zero, according to recent surveys.
Luis Santana, fisheries biologist for the Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, wades in water looking for hitch in Middle Creek. That kind of talk prompted the Center for Biological Diversity, together with the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake to take their request for emergency listing toAll involved agree that seeking intervention under the federal Endangered Species Act is an act of desperation.
Beyond water flows, the prospect of emergency-listing the hitch raises other economically significant issues connected to the lake’s food chain: Zooplankton are eaten by shad, crayfish and hitch, which are favored by monster catfish and largemouth bass. After all, they say, environmentalists have long complained about how fishing tournaments practice “catch and release” rules — returning large bass back to the lake so that they can feed on more hitch.
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