In the case of the gnatcatcher, this one species is a relatively wide-ranging bird that only lives in the coastal sage scrub habitat of California, which is also very desirable for development.” ...

It was Zink’s second such finding about the bird. In 2010 ... counties designated as critical habitat for the coastal California gnatcatcher, which became a divisive national symbol when ...

the California gnatcatcher is just a member of a common gnatcatcher species, albeit one with slightly different coloration. Proponents of de-listing the small, blue-gray bird note that it has had ...

This is the group’s second push at delisting the California gnatcatcher, which is listed as a distinct subspecies of gnatcatcher, separate from the Mexican bird with the same name. Five years ...

According to the foundation, the data shows “that the gnatcatcher is not an imperiled subspecies living only in Southern California ... If the bird isn’t rare, developers should be allowed ...

We successfully pressed for improved conservation measures for the bird under the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Plan and won a landmark settlement to protect the gnatcatcher and other ...

Then the field biologist saw something that sent his heart aflutter: a California gnatcatcher, the federally protected bird species that, as far as Cooper can tell, hasn’t been recorded in the ...

A small bird roughly 4 inches tall called the California gnatcatcher is making big problems — especially for one Palos Verdes Peninsula developer. The coastal bird has been on the threatened ...

The California gnatcatcher might have been the next snail ... By declaring the dwindling bird threatened and not endangered, as some environmental groups had wanted, Interior Secretary Bruce ...

Hiking the network of trails through coastal grasslands, we were delighted to find a California gnatcatcher, a perky little gray bird restricted to a sliver of specialized habitat and listed as ...

a federal judge has ordered the California gnatcatcher bird off the threatened species list. Major projects to build housing and roads across the scrub and sage lands along the Southern California ...