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Battle Lines Have Heightened Over Endangered Species Act

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By Rita Beamish, A Feather
| nationalparkstraveler.org
In its 52 years, the Endangered Species Act has been a muscular protector of vulnerable plants and animals, invoked to stymie roads, development, and logging or shipping patterns, and shielding entire areas from activity that could edge those species toward extinction.
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Of Mice And Rangers (With Apologies To John Steinbeck)

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By Rita Beamish
| nationalparkstraveler.org
Mice are fairly ubiquitous across the National Park System, which comes as a shock to some/NPS, John Cook. The scent of mouse droppings wafting over a national park “welcome desk” was so offensive, and the fear of disease so worrisome, that a new volunteer at the desk considered leaving for a post at a completely different park.
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Beleaguered Owl Hanging On By A Feather

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By A Feather, Rita Beamish
| nationalparkstraveler.org
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. – Barely a minute passes after Aiko Goldston broadcasts the recorded sound of a northern spotted owl into the forest, using her megaphone-like “owl caller” to send the “HOOT hoo-hoo hoooo,” with its tonal, surprisingly dog-arf vibe. From a hillside far across a deep, shady, chasm comes a similar reply. “That’s a female,” Goldston says without hesitation. “We’ll hike over there.” She points into the distance, stows her binoculars.
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