Eco Group Suit Lists
38 California Species

TUCSON, Ariz. — Always one for the grand gesture, an Arizona eco-radical group has filed a lawsuit modestly estimated to have the potential of tying up land uses throughout California.

The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act for failing to designate critical habitat for 38 animal species in California.

The suit, it is said, could prevent any changes to ecosystems throughout the state.

Species named in the notice to sue include the San Clemente loggerhead shrike, San Clemente sage sparrow, California least tern, Tidewater goby, Coho salmon, Steelhead trout, Lost River sucker, Shortnose sucker, Laguna Mountains skipper butterfly, Bay checkerspot butterfly, Behren's silverspot butterfly, Callippe silverspot butterfly, Myrtle's silverspot butterfly, Kern primerose sphinx moth, Zayante band-winged grasshopper, Alameda whipsnake, Island night lizard, Southwestern arroyo toad, California red-legged frog, San Diego fairy shrimp, Riverside fairy shrimp, California freshwater shrimp, Shasta crayfish, Conservancy fairy shrimp, Longhorn fairy shrimp, Vernal pool tadpole shrimp, Delhi Sands flower-loving fly, Stephan's kangaroo rat, San Bernardino kangaroo rat, Pacific pocket mouse, Giant kangaroo rat, Tipton kangaroo rat, Point Arena mountain beaver, and Morro Shouldband Snail.

(About the only thing missing from that inventory of California birds, bugs and vermin is the Enameled kitchen synk — Ed.)