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The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.
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The U.S. Forest Service is preparing to close thousands of caves and former mines across the eastern United States in an effort to control a bat-killing fungus.
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AP, Tacoma
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This Sept. 24, 2007 file photo shows Jose Offerman leaving court in Bridgeport, Conn. Bridgeport Bluefish catcher John Nathans filed a lawsuit Thursday Feb. 12, 2009 against Offerman seeking $4.8 million in damages, saying the attack left him with...
