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A Tiny, 'Endangered' Fish Delayed a Dam's Construction in the 1970s. Now, Scientists Say the Snail Darter Isn't So Rare After All
when the Tennessee Valley Authority initiated construction on a dam on the Little Tennessee River, some 20 miles southwest of Knoxville. Environmentalists, local farmers and the Cherokee ...
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Historic Accomplishment: Snail Darter Recovered
But the Tellico Dam, the last of 68 dams on the Tennessee River system ... are also endangered when their survival is threatened. The destruction of the Little Tennessee River shows that bad ecology ...
This odd fish halted construction of a massive dam in 1973. Turns out, it isn’t real | Opinion
If you learn about environmental law, you know the story of the snail darter, that little fish lawyers, environmentalists, ...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers watching Middle Tennessee dams, lakes ahead of rain
Ahead of this week's rain, the U.S. Corps of Engineers in Nashville said it will monitor river, lake and dam intake across Middle Tennessee.
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Snail Darter Swims Off Endangered List
who sought to protect the fish and its free-flowing habitat in the Little Tennessee River from construction of the controversial Tellico Dam. The dam was halted for two years, but political forces in ...
Agencies analyzing how Snake River recreation would change if dams are breached
If the lower Snake River dams are breached, the way in which people recreate in the 140-mile corridor from Lewiston to the ...