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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
A lawsuit to protect the snail darter from the Tellico Dam in Tennessee offered the first real test of the 1973 Endangered ...
Snail darter revisited: Famous fish that halted a dam's construction is not endangered after all
A team of ecologists, evolutionary biologists and resource managers affiliated with several institutions across the U.S. has ...
The Endangered Fish That Halted a Major Dam Was Never Endangered After All
The two-inch snail darter became a symbol for regulatory overreach in the 1970s. New research suggests the fish was not an endangered species — or even a species.
This odd fish halted construction of a massive dam in 1973. Turns out, it isn’t real | Opinion
The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. Fraud or bad science? From David Mastio: ...
This Tiny Fish’s Mistaken Identity Halted a Dam’s Construction
Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is ...
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"There Is, Technically, No Snail Darter," But the Snail Darter Still Delayed the Tellico Dam
In the 1970s, the discovery of the Tennessee snail darter in the Tellico River was used to halt completion of the Tellico Dam under the Endangered Species Act (a tale many law students learn in ...
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This odd fish halted construction of a massive dam in 1973. Turns out, it isn’t real | Opinion
The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. USA Today Network file photo This one weird little fish — a beigeish critter found on sandy river bottoms in ...