Why the Fight Over Salamanders in Texas is Only Just the Beginning
![The Austin Blind Salamander is one of the species now listed as endangered in Central Texas.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141023041955im_/http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/files/2012/09/Austin-Blind-Salamander-100x100.jpg)
You can expect to hear a lot more of these kinds of debates in Texas over the next few years.
You can expect to hear a lot more of these kinds of debates in Texas over the next few years.
Four Central Texas Salamanders have recently been proposed to be listed on the endangered species list by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. You can learn more about the salamanders, and where they live in the region, in the slideshow above. These salamanders are local to specific areas within the Edwards Aquifer region and have [...]
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