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A conservationist’s fight against the Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation, which has petitioned to condemn part of the Box Creek Wilderness area for a power line, could hinge upon an endangered species of bat. Hearings on the matter are likely to happen the end of April or the beginning of May.
