Experts want endangered status for local coastal bird

Saltmarsh sparrow could be extinct by 2050 without protection: Center for Biological Diversity

By Vincent Gabrielle
STAFF WRITER
OPINION

The Center for Biological Diversity filed an endangered species petition on Monday with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of the saltmarsh sparrow, the only species of songbird to exclusively nest in the tall, swaying grasses that borders...

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