Western spadefoot toad a factor in business park project
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 01:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Construction of Sterling Gateway, a business park in the Santa Clarita Valley, won't be able to begin until developers fulfill at least one environmental requirement: Dedicate land where the toads can breed.The future of a proposed multiuse development in the Santa Clarita Valley could rest partly on its relationship with some short-legged, bug-eyed amphibians. Toads, to be precise.