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The federal government recently bought roughly 1,000 acres near Laramie as a preserve for the rare and endangered Wyoming Toad, in hopes of helping the toad population recover.
Once thought to be extinct, the Wyoming toad is making a comeback. Thanks, in part, to drastic conservation efforts. The wild population hasn't bounced back yet, but it's headed in the right direction.
The U.S. Department of Interior said that the Wyoming Toad Conservation Area and the Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee are the result of "decades-long" effort.