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More critical habitat proposed for the snowy plover

April 26, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff As part of an unfortunate pattern, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed an expanded critical habitat designation, under the Endangered Species Act, for the western snowy plover, a small coastal bird.  In 1999, the Service designated nearly 20,000 acres of critical habitat for the bird in Ca ...