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New Preserve To Protect Hellbender Salamander, This West Virginia Morning

Author: West Virginia Public Broadcasting December 16, 2025 Duration: 0:00

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The Trump administration plans to weaken the Endangered Species Act, and that could impact the fate of an ancient creature found in Appalachia: the eastern hellbender salamander. The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant recently visited a new preserve dedicated to hellbenders and found not only natural history – but American history....

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