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**FILE** Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. (The Washington Times)

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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)