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A Tiny, 'Endangered' Fish Delayed a Dam's Construction in the 1970s. Now, Scientists Say the Snail Darter Isn't So Rare After All
Instead, Near and his co-authors argue, the tiny fish known as Percina tanasi that embodied a David and Goliath battle against the Tellico Dam is an eastern population of the stargazing darter ...
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An 'Endangered' Fish That Delayed a Dam's Construction for 6 Years Was Never Actually in Danger, Find Scientists
In 1978, the Supreme Court gave the judgment that "the Endangered Species Act prohibits impoundment of the Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam." Later on, lawmakers overruled the decision by ...
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Overnight storms fail to dampen wildfires that forced evacuations in Monroe Co., Tennessee
A wildfire in Tellico Plains, Tennessee has prompted evacuations in Monroe County.Monroe County officials are partnering with McMinn County in their containmen ...