I want to commend High Country News — and author Maya Kapoor specifically — for the feature “Fish Out of Water” (July 2020). The story is a masterful look into so many of the touchstones that define life in the Southwest — the border, Indigenous rights, water scarcity — all connected by an unlikely and obscure fish. As a former resident and lifetime devotee of the Sonoran Desert, I’ve been sharing this article with friends to try and explain my love and attachment to the area. I really can’t think of the last time I read a news piece that illustrates the complexities of a region so well through such an unexpected lens. Keep up the good work!
Andrew Primo
Boulder, Colorado
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Yaqui catfish.
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