PHUONG LE Associated Press Comments Jeffrey Foster, an ecologist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., drives past a sign noting the presence of the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly at an undeveloped prairie area used for military training at the base, which also happens to be one of the few areas in the country where the federally listed endangered butterfly lives, on May 7, 2014. (Ted S. Warren / AP) Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. An undeveloped stretch of native prairie in south Puget Sound offers one of the few habitats in the world where a two-inch colorful checkered butterfly thrives. It also happens to be the main artillery impact range for Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Armys Stryker...
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