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Hell-bent on giving hellbenders, NC’s largest salamanders, endangered species protection
They call them snot otters, devil dogs and Allegheny alligators, all fitting nicknames for the fat brown salamanders lurking under river rocks — slimy giants of the NC mountains. Weighing 4 ...
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North Carolina Salamander Moves Toward Endangered Species Safeguards
Without quick action, they’ll vanish forever.” These green-splotched salamanders live only in the Hickory Nut Gorge, a 14-mile-long gorge in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, which is 18 miles ...
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These salamanders could be Tennessee's newest endangered species. And Helene is to blame
The "healthiest" of eastern hellbender salamander habitats was considered to be in North Carolina and Tennessee, the area devastated by Helene. The Endangered Species Act prohibits the “take” of ...
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North Carolina Catfish, Salamander Protected Under Endangered Species Act
ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Following a petition and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity spanning a decade, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized protection for the Carolina madtom ...