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“How to manage an imperiled species within a community can be difficult,” he said, “but ultimately, I’ve never met a community that regrets protecting trees and open spaces.”

The barred owls have been out-competing imperiled northern spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, as well as California spotted owls, pushing them out of their territory.

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“Exempting a broad swath of development with no consideration of habitat for imperiled species will decimate the state’s natural heritage and unique biodiversity,” said Frances Tinney, an attorney with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.

With so much at stake, this moment depends on the American people understanding how these myriad events are connected, how they reflect a much larger unifying danger: That democracy and liberty are imperiled.