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Mississippi gopher tortoise's fate questioned under Trump administration
Original: Will the Mississippi gopher tortoise survive the Trump administration?
Conservation concerns are being raised over the future of the Mississippi gopher tortoise, a threatened species confined to longleaf pine habitats in the southern United States. Commentators are asking whether protections for the tortoise will hold up under the Trump administration, amid wider worries that environmental rollbacks could weaken endangered species safeguards.
Why now: Concerns that the Trump administration's environmental policies could weaken protections for the threatened tortoise.
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- Will the Mississippi gopher tortoise survive the Trump administration? · The Clarion-Ledger
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