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Salish SuckerSalish suckers are endangered because they have a very restricted distribution range and their habitat is rapidly being degraded by human land uses. The world distribution of this inconspicuous fish is confined to a small area in northwestern Washington state and the adjacent Fraser Valley of British Columbia. This contrasts sharply with the range of its nearest relative, the longnose sucker, which is found across northern North America and into Siberia.In British Columbia, the salish sucker is found only in a few small streams in the heavily settled Fraser Valley south of the Fraser River, in the vicinity of Langley and Aldergrove. These watersheds have been adversely affected by forest removal and farming for many decades, and are now threatened more than ever by accelerating human population growth and land development. |
