White Mountain Apache Chairman Kasey Velasquez (left) sits beside Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and a tank of Apache trout at Bass Pro Shops in Mesa on Sept. 4, 2024. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland came to Bass Pro Shops in Mesa to delist the Apache trout as a federally protected species on Wednesday. This announcement marks the culmination of a five-decade struggle for the White Mountain Apache Tribe that treasures the Southwest fish.