KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
(AP) -- A conservation group is seeking Endangered
Species Act protection for a snail found only at a
spring feeding Upper Klamath Lake.
The Herald and News
newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/nKbBdz ) Wednesday that
if the tall pebblesnail is protected, it will add
another layer of complication to managing scarce water
resources in the Klamath Basin.
The snail is one of 26
mollusks that the Center for Biological Diversity wants
to protect.
The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service analysis of the petition says grazing
on Fourmile Creek and water pollution from vacation
homes at Rocky Point could be harming the snail found at
Harriman Springs.
The U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, which is responsible for seeing that water
in the lake is properly split between protected fish and
farms, will be involved in the review.