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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, Mary Linders, a conservation biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, poses for a photo in a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, harsh paintbrush plants are shown on a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, a cluster of yellow butterfly eggs is shown at the base of a plant growing in a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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The Prescott Hotshots leave to battle the Slide Fire in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to protect communities on the edge of Flagstaff from a wildfire that is chewing up a scenic Arizona canyon with towering flames and burning entire trees down to nothing but ash. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, harsh paintbrush plants are shown on a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies, in part because the presence of the insect could impact current training practices. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this photo taken May 7, 2014, Mary Linders, a conservation biologist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, holds a map of a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., that also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly lives. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the butterflies, in part because the presence of the insect could impact current training practices. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
