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NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — Nobody wants to see a live creature go extinct. But you may not know about a system in place in America that looks after animals and plants that are at risk. It’s called the Candidate Conservation Agreements. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers plants and animals that are considered on being put on the Endangered …

They don’t bark or bite, but some do have sharp teeth and interesting bark. Step aside, tigers and polar bears, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium has a plant collection that some might consider just as interesting as its critters. For the past 17 years, the zoo’s lead horticulturalist, Bryon Jones, has been transforming the 29-acre zoo into a garden of …