Boise pond shut down after discovery of invasive minnow
(10/12/16)<http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/boise-pond-shut-down-after-discovery-of-invasive-minnow/334833192>
BOISE -- Redwood Park Pond in Boise will be shut down
starting immediately as Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers work to
eradicate an invasive species of fish discovered inside it. The pond will be
dosed with a substance toxic to fish to kill off rosy red shiner, a type of
minnow from the Midwestern US that is popular in aquariums. The shiner were
illegally added to the pond, officials say. Fish and Game officials say rosy
red shiner are not native fish and have not been found anywhere else in Idaho.
They want to keep it that way, according to Fish and Game fisheries manager Joe
Kozfkay.
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