| Snail Darter declared officially recovered, ending decades-long conservation effort | |
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Credit: Joe Howell/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP |
A tiny Tennessee fish at the center of decades of conservation efforts was declared officially recovered on Tuesday, and federal environmental officials celebrated the win by removing it from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species. |
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According to a press release from the Department of Interior, which oversees the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (UFWS), the Snail Darter was delisted after a review of scientific and commercial data that showed the fish was no longer in danger of extinction and isn’t at risk in the future. |
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