A small lizard in a big debate: The saga of the dunes sagebrush lizard
![caption: A Dunes Sagebrush lizard. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)](https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/2a2e054247198082e487332c79dd3879.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=clip&crop=faces&auto=format&w=924&h=634)
A Dunes Sagebrush lizard. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
The dunes sagebrush lizard has been added to the endangered species list. Their habitat overlaps with the nation’s most lucrative oil and gas basin.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Texas A&M professor Lee Fitzgerald about them.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.