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Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections

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Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
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In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of a stream is a sign of healthy water. The freshwater fish, which is on the state’s endangered species list, has managed to survive despite habitat loss driven by decades of construction and industrial farm runoff. But an ongoing dispute between two state agencies over state species protections is testing how the tiny fish will endure. 



Last summer, the state’s top wildlife regulators faced

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