Service Re-Proposes 4,649 Acres of Critical Habitat for Tiny Buena Vista Lake Shrew

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Service Re-Proposes 4,649 Acres of Critical Habitat for Tiny Buena Vista Lake Shrew
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today proposed 4,649 acres in Kern County as critical habitat for the endangered Buena Vista Lake shrew, exactly the same acreage that it had first proposed in 2004. The announcement opens a 60-day public comment period.

The new proposal conforms to terms of a legal settlement, resolving a challenge to the Service
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