Hey, it's California. Invertebrates have more rights than citizens these days... well, it sure seems like it.
Especially if they are fairy homosexual shrimp.
They have a number of local fairy shrimps, some larger than others.
http://www.vernalpool.org/inf_fs.htm
It looks like we're already providing habitat for the little blighters..
FWS designates critical habitat for the
endangered Riverside fairy Shrimp
http://www.caprep.com/0405035.htm
360 acres of it..
Ya can't eat 'em, they're tiny things,, well not unless ya net 'em to catch enough to fill a pot. ;-)
Don't let the facts get in the way... It isn't California who did this.
Endangered Species Act is a Federal law.
It was the Federal courts that stepped in and blocked construction.