On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:46:51 -0000, Halfordian Golfer
wrote:

From:

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...?storyid=76773

DENVER (AP) - A study led by University of Colorado researchers says
an effort to restore the endangered greenback cutthroat trout has been
using the wrong fish for two decades.

(snip)

.sigh

Halfordian Golfer
Guilt replaced the creel

What I find interesting is that it took 20 years to figure it out...I
mean, if they had tried to slip in catfish in little trout costumes or
something, you'd figure folks mighta noticed...

And even allowing that the fish with the DNA they wanted to restore were
markedly different from the fish they actually used, thus making a
complete mess of things, how do they know that the DNA from the fish
they used to determine which fish DNA they wanted to preserve was not
simply another of a myriad of different DNA in fish that all looked
alike? IOW, a little science is wonderful thing..,as long as it's
tempered with a little common sense and sense of priorities...

And any ideas who paid for this screw-up?

TC,
R