The California Coastal Commission didn't take it lightly when an Orange County developer recently drained and filled a salt marsh in Huntington Beach recently in an effort to build a parking lot. The commission has ordered the developer to restore the marsh and pay a $250,000 fine.
By Garrison Frost
November 09, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.