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White House May Delist Protected Species

The Bush administration considers removing several animals from the Endangered Species List, saying the populations are now large enough to survive without protection. But ecologists say headcounts are only one way to measure whether a species has recovered. Hear NPR's John Nielsen.

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Corrected: September 27, 2004 at 3:35 PM PDT
This report should have identified the home of the Wildlife Science Center as Forest Lake, Minn.
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