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Mud turtle creeps to endangered status, as springsnail outlook improves

WASHINGTON – Federal officials denied endangered status to a southern Arizona snail Wednesday after unexpectedly finding far more than were thought to exist, but moved to protect what one advocate called the “very imperiled” Sonoyta mud turtle. Both the turtle and the Huachuca springsnail are “highly aquatic” animals living in the Sonoran Desert, making them […]

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