Special Series on Habitat Conservation

A three-part special series looks at habitat plans from across the nation and explores how deals made by the federal government are pushing endangered species to extinction.

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May 6, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The federal government is handing out licenses to kill endangered species. Hundreds of exemptions to the Endangered Species Act have been issued nationwide since the mid-1990s, covering some of the nation's most sensitive lands.

The deals being cut are perfectly legal. Many last for decades. And they are helping push creatures to the brink of extinction, conservation biologists and other critics say."

Thanks to Grist Magazine

FULL STORY: A License To Kill

Thursday, May 5, 2005 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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