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Taxpayers Are Building a $5 million Snack Bar

By Andy Caldwell

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Santa Barbara Current
Dec 08, 2024
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Night Heron snacks on the endangered tiger salamander. Courtesy: Reddit

Years ago, I was a member of the Santa Barbara County tiger salamander recovery team. For reasons I will explain, I wasn’t all that concerned about the species as much as the 180,000 acres of mostly ag land the feds sought to tie up for its survival. What I learned during that time …

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