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  • 'HCPs need peer-reviewed science'

    In his own words, volunteer Michael Schindell with the National Endangered Species Network says HCPs have weak science.

  • 'I respect wolves. I still don't like them killing our sheep.'

    In her own words, Margaret Soulen Hinson explains that wolf predation is minimal compared to other animals that kill her family's sheep.

  • 'I've never seen a good HCP'

    In her own words, Environmental Law Fund attorney Tara Mueller blasts HCPs.

  • 'Landowners need more incentives'

    In his own words, scientist Michael Bean of the Environmental Defense Fund says HCPs give landowners a reason to protect wildlife.

  • 'The real problem is lack of time'

    In his own words, California biologist Dennis Murphy defends HCPs.

  • 'There isn't much room for more wolves'

    Ralph Maughan, professor of political science at Idaho State University, and president-elect of the Wolf Recovery Foundation, blames conflicts on not enough room in the wild for wolves.

  • 'We've turned down bad HCPs'

    In his own words, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Region 1 Assistant Director Curt Smitch defends HCPs.

  • A $100,000 tortoise

    The Silver State Leasing Co. receives $100,000 fine for killing a desert tortoise during construction near Las Vegas.

  • A bear of a plan

    If all works out, grizzly bears may be reintroduced into the Northern Rockies' Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area in as little as a year.

  • A bird from the past, a warning for the future

    An encounter at Grand Canyon with a young California condor leads the writer to consider how - and why - we need to bring back this very endangered species.

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