U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Ventura County Plants in two Central and South Coast Counties

Proposed Critical Habitat Rule

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 420 acres of critical habitat for the endangered Ventura marsh milk-vetch (Astragalus pycnostachyus var.lanosissimus) in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

"A critical habitat designation will help this extremely rare plant by making people aware of the its habitat needs," said Steve Thompson, the Service