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Hobbs letter: Endangered Species Act

Congress is considering legislation that would put a five-year deadline on recovery for endangered animals, before exposing them to hunting and habitat destruction. We should keep the Endangered Species Act as strong as possible.

Our lives depend on a healthy balance of ecosystems, and that is under threat if we allow such things as the Endangered Species Act to be tossed aside, or minimized.

Joan Hobbs, Mountain Home

This story was originally published June 20, 2017 at 4:22 PM with the headline "Hobbs letter: Endangered Species Act."

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