Audio: Fight over salamanders a preview of debates to come
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by MOSE BUCHELE
A federal proposal to list four Central Texas salamanders as endangered species has provoked a fierce debate about how humans affect the natural world. But the back-and-forth also foreshadows future fights likely to take place as more species come up for review. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.
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MOSE BUCHELE reports for KUT News where this story was originally broadcast. It is made available here through a news partnership between the Texas Tribune and the San Marcos Mercury.
COVER: A Barton Springs Salamander. PHOTO by ROGER SHAW
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on 09/11/2012. Filed under Conservation & Environment channel, Featured, News, Texas, Texas Legislature, The Corridor.
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