L.A. Unleashed
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March 6, 2009
California
More than 20 years after a 3-inch perch called the snail darter stalled construction on a $137-million Tennessee dam, today’s growing herd of endangered species, from foxes to phlox, is just as unpopular with builders and their bankers.
Sept. 24, 1989
Greenspace
Aug. 26, 2011
U.S. may declare an extremely rare manzanita endangered
Sept. 8, 2011
Rising from the dead to dispute its own obituary, a fragile blue butterfly believed to have been extinct for more than a decade has been rediscovered on Navy land in San Pedro.
March 30, 1994
A prominent Orange County Republican and real estate investor named to the state’s wildlife commission pledged Tuesday to balance the needs of California’s economy and natural resources, but environmentalists expressed concern he would side with developers at the expense of endangered species.
Dec. 18, 1991
World & Nation
Habitat: Red Cliffs Desert Reserve is a protected 61,000-acre swath that benefits both endangered species and people seeking solitude.
May 27, 2001
Federal authorities may revoke the endangered-wildlife permit of Earl Tatum, a controversial Arkansas animal dealer who has been a purchaser and transporter of animals from prestigious zoos across the country, including the Los Angeles and San Diego zoos.
Feb. 6, 1990
Death has come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and almost two dozen other species that have now been declared extinct.
Sept. 29, 2021
June 9, 2010