Protecting old-growth habitat for endangered woodland caribou will cost about $1.5 million over the next 20 years, according to a draft economic analysis prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Becky Kramer SR story here. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

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