From the Ichthypundit

State fish may receive endangered listing

"May". The golden trout, California's state fish, "may" get a federal endangered species listing. Fish & Wildlife is thinking about it. Considering the Bush Administration's feelings on the Endangered Species Act, I wouldn't bet on it.

Anyway, the golden trout isn't actually a species. It's a subspecies of (fittingly enough) rainbow trout. Its biggest problem at the present isn't anything people are doing but hybridization with other trout. If that's the case, and if humans aren't responsible, should we interfere in that? I mean, extinction is still a natural process even if a lot of extinctions aren't.