Biologists Push Protection for Rare California Snail
The San Gabriel chestnut snail lives only in the Los Angeles area.
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The Center for Biological Diversity filed an Endangered Species Act protection request for the San Gabriel chestnut snail this week. The tiny mollusk, which lives only in the Angeles National Forest and surrounding private lands, faces threats from development, climate change, and wildfire.
