Clinging to existence
U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton are working with federal agencies to create formal safeguards for the critically endangered Pacific pocket mouse.
Read more: Camp Pendleton works to save species in peril
Read more: Camp Pendleton works to save species in peril
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Marines and the mouse( Christina House / For The Times )
The top priorities of the Marines at Camp Pendleton include ensuring the security of the United States and the survival of a nearly extinct mouse. Biologist Cheryl Brehme of the U.S. Geological Survey monitors the California pocket mouse population at Camp Pendleton last month.
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