snail darter
noun
: a darter (Percina tanasi) of the Tennessee River drainage system of eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia
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After conservation efforts, the federal government took the snail darter off the endangered list in 2022.
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Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Plater, an environmental lawyer, represented the snail darter in front of the Supreme Court after its endangered status went challenged by the TVA.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
As for the snail darter, the conservation efforts worked.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
For such a tiny fish, the snail darter has haunted Tennessee.
—Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
An early battle involved the snail darter, a tiny Southeastern fish that delayed construction of a Tennessee river dam.
—John Flesher, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
Like the snail darter, the conflict differs from most battles over endangered species.
—Scott Sonner, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
Still, anyone who has followed the fierce battles over endangered species in the last few decades (think snail darter and spotted owl, for example) likely knows about the blowback to environmentalism that resulted.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012
The law’s first test, in 1975, protected the tiny snail darter fish by delaying a hydroelectric dam project in Tennessee — but prompted Congress to amend the act to provide more latitude to projects of regional or national importance.
—Andrew S. Lewis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
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Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
Plater, an environmental lawyer, represented the snail darter in front of the Supreme Court after its endangered status went challenged by the TVA.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
As for the snail darter, the conservation efforts worked.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
For such a tiny fish, the snail darter has haunted Tennessee.
—Jason Nark, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
An early battle involved the snail darter, a tiny Southeastern fish that delayed construction of a Tennessee river dam.
—John Flesher, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
Like the snail darter, the conflict differs from most battles over endangered species.
—Scott Sonner, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
Still, anyone who has followed the fierce battles over endangered species in the last few decades (think snail darter and spotted owl, for example) likely knows about the blowback to environmentalism that resulted.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012
The law’s first test, in 1975, protected the tiny snail darter fish by delaying a hydroelectric dam project in Tennessee — but prompted Congress to amend the act to provide more latitude to projects of regional or national importance.
—Andrew S. Lewis, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
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