BIRD WATCH: Will the feds deem the...
BIRD WATCH: Will the feds deem the gnatcatcher, that nemesis of local developers, an endangered species? Maybe, but don’t hold your breath. . . . Wildlife officials in Carlsbad are just beginning to compose their decision, but it has to run a bureaucratic gantlet regionally and nationally. . . . Decision deadline is in September, but insiders say Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. may delay the decision six months more.
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