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A Bright Green Mark Before the Return to Hickory Creek

On 13 October 2026, two biologists at the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery tagged 44 fish. Each fish was a Barrens Topminnow, a small species from Tennessee known as Fundulus julisia. The work was done before a release into Hickory Creek. This is planned for 4 November 2026. Conservation Biologist Jackson Booth of Conservation Fisheries Incorporated in Knoxville, Tennessee, worked…

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Read the original for the full report.