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These snails play an invaluable ecological role, and they urgently need protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit comes weeks after border wall contractors allegedly damaged part of the ancient Las Playas Intaglio, a roughly 1,000-year-old geoglyph in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge about 30 miles west of Quitobaquito Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1111\">Motorcyclist fighting for life following Pima County crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit seeks to compel the Fish and Wildlife Service to comply with the Endangered Species Act and finalize protections for the Quitobaquito tryonia.<\/p>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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