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Endangered species like Brauntons Milkvetch should be saved with captive breeding programs.They should never be used as an excuse to stop fire mitigation, dams, reservoirs, power plants, housing, etc.From the New York Times: https://archive.ph/Fv8d4From the Los Angeles Times: https://archive.ph/zgpOj

California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in California that is coming under scrutiny following the devastating outbreak of the Palisades Fire — the most devastating blaze in Los Angeles history, which has consumed the very same area. In 2019, the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began replacing nearly 100-year-old power line poles cutting through Topanga State Park, when the project was halted within days by conservationists outraged that federally endangered Braunton’s milkvetch plants had been trampled during the...