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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - More than 800 animal species in California are imperiled by development, pollution and recreational activities, a sobering assessment that should guide development throughout the nation's most populous state, according to a two-year government study.
"If done with thought and science, we can grow and still maintain a high quality of wildlife habitat in California," said report co-author David Bunn of the University of California, Davis. If not, "we're going to lose a lot of species and resources that we don't have to lose."
The report, prepared for the state Department of Fish and Game, was required under a 2001 federal law as a condition for states to receive federal wildlife conservation grants. California officials hadn't planned to make the study public until January, but The Associated Press obtained a copy from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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