31.   In critical habitat areas, those restrictions on federal agencies also extend to areas where the listed species do not live but are needed for their recovery.

32.   It also will map critical habitats for eight more species, including the Gila chub in New Mexico and Arizona and four freshwater snails in New Mexico.

33.   It would effectively extend court-ordered deadlines the federal agency faces for establishing critical habitat for endangered plants and animals.

34.   Last year the Fish and Wildlife Service agreed in federal court in San Francisco in response to the lawsuit to make a critical habitat designation.

35.   Some mangrove swamps or estuaries -- critical natural habitat for shrimp, crabs, fish and plant life -- have been eliminated by commercial shrimp farms and by development.

36.   Some of the land singled out for protection of the arroyo toad already is designated critical habitat for another endangered species, the California gnatcatcher.

37.   The agency would rather focus on designating species as endangered rather than designating critical habitat, Vickery said.

38.   The environmentalists lost on the lichen, but won critical habitat protection for the spider and reached an out-of-court deal to get habitat designation next year for the mussels.

39.   The establishment of protected areas, including sanctuaries and buffer zones, are important for conserving critical habitats in their natural state.

40.   The Tucson, Ariz.-based group has filed several lawsuits to force the service to designate critical habitat.