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Douglas Nolen Shelton wrote:
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> In a message dated 98-05-27 22:20:34 EDT, Bobby Cordy wrote:
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> << Unfortunately...once a protection is put on an animal you will never get
> it off.. >>
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> Actually, contrary to popular opinion the Endangered Species Act does work.
> Several mollusk species are expected to be downlisted or delisted in the near
> and not-so-near future due to the improved status of the species, among them
> are Tulotoma magnifica (Coosa River of Alabama) and Potamilus inflatus
> (Alabama population only - Louisiana population may represent an undescribed
> species). Margaritifera hembeli (Louisiana) has been downlisted from
> endangered to threatened. (Paul Hartfield - USFWS - Alabama Mollusk
> Meeting, February, 1998, Spanish Fort, Alabama).
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> Doug Shelton
> Alabama Malacological Research Center
> 2370-G Hillcrest Road #236
> Mobile, AL 36695
> U.S.A.
That is amazing, Doug. I have never heard of that happening.
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
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