endangered
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His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
It authorized the creation of the Endangered Species Act Committee, made up of federal agency leaders, which could grant exemptions to this prohibition on federal actions considered likely to risk extinction of a listed species.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
But the Endangered Species Committee has the power to bypass the law in the interest of national security or when there are no other alternatives to a project.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Shatner participated in the stunt to promote the Endangered Species Act.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, had just come into effect, and the window on the trading of captured wild animals had slammed shut.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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