Once abundant in California’s Central Valley, the Sacramento perch was driven out of its native waters 50 years ago by disruptions to its natural habitat.
Thanks to a state pilot project, though, the fish is making a long-overdue comeback, CBS reported earlier this month, as 3,000 young perch were stocked in the pond at Granite Regional Park.
“This is history, returning the Sacramento perch to Sacramento where it was so numerous once upon a time,” California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Peter Tira told CBS…