# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DEfnh1MsR0t
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25879140-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/15a0fcbba0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-01-06T18:22:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Have you heard of the Permian Basin? It's a large sedimentary basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico — and it's also the highest-producing oil field in the country. 

The Permian Basin harbors three of the United States' most endangered animals: lesser prairie chickens, dunes sagebrush lizards, and freshwater mussels called Texas hornshells. 

Decades of relentless oil drilling — plus livestock grazing, mining and pollution — have pushed all three to the brink of extinction. 

Without safeguards for their home, these species will disappear. 

#wildlifeconservation #environmentalconservation #keepitintheground #newmexico

## Stats

- **Views:** 3,447
- **Likes:** 892
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- **Comments:** 18

## Tags

environmentalconservation, wildlifeconservation, keepitintheground, newmexico

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