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Protecting our Native Candy Darter - Gauley River National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
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Protecting our Native Candy Darter - Gauley River National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
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Watch Now: Candy darter fish gets critical habitat designation, but remains in the path of a pipeline | Video | roanoke.com
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Protecting our Native Candy Darter - Gauley River National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
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Signs of breeding success are sweet for rare candy darters | by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region | Conserving the Nature of the Northeast | Medium
![Virginia Living Museum | Candy darters (Etheostoma osburni) in Big Stony Creek | Virginia Living Museum Virginia Living Museum | Candy darters (Etheostoma osburni) in Big Stony Creek | Virginia Living Museum](https://thevlm.org/wp-content/uploads/male-in-streamside-box.jpg)
Virginia Living Museum | Candy darters (Etheostoma osburni) in Big Stony Creek | Virginia Living Museum
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Protecting our Native Candy Darter - Gauley River National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
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Signs of breeding success are sweet for rare candy darters | by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region | Conserving the Nature of the Northeast | Medium
![Virginia Living Museum | Candy darters (Etheostoma osburni) in Big Stony Creek | Virginia Living Museum Virginia Living Museum | Candy darters (Etheostoma osburni) in Big Stony Creek | Virginia Living Museum](https://thevlm.org/wp-content/uploads/Aqua-blue-male-candy-darter.jpg)