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<text id=90TT1830>
<title>
July 09, 1990: Endangered List Of Endangered Species
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
July 09, 1990 Abortion's Most Wrenching Questions
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 15
Endangered List Of Endangered Species
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<body>
<p>By Paul Gray/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
</p>
<p> Now that the spotted owl has joined the dam-busting snail
darter on the endangered-species list, President Bush wants to
dilute the act that protects them. Some other denizens:
</p>
<p>-- Stephens' kangaroo rat. A 3-in.-long nocturnal rodent
found in a small section of Riverside County, Calif. Protecting
it has interfered with Medfly spraying and has delayed
construction of new housing.
</p>
<p>-- Least Bell's vireo. A bird that nests on the banks of
Southern California streams, its listing in 1987 was fiercely
opposed by local developers. The Marine base at Camp Pendleton
has been designated a critical habitat for the vireo.
</p>
<p>-- Flattened musk turtle. An Alabama reptile listed in 1987
because it was threatened by runoff from old coal mines. Local
Congressmen claimed that protecting it could cost billions, but
the ruckus died down when new mines were able to meet
standards.
</p>
<p>-- Colorado squawfish. A $590 million water project has been
put on hold because it would threaten the survival of this
outsize predator. The project would benefit the Ute Indians,
who had been scheduled to receive water under a 1986 agreement
with Washington.
</p>
<p>-- Mount Graham red squirrel. One of 25 subspecies, it has
pitted conservationists against astronomers who want to build
an observatory atop Arizona's Mount Graham.
</p>
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