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Oct 7, 2009 9:11 pm US/Pacific

Developers Face Costs For Saving Calif. Frog

Environment & The Green Beat

SACRAMENTO (CBS 5 / AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: California Red-Legged Frog.
USGS

Federal wildlife officials estimate that measures needed to protect the California red-legged frog will cost developers up to $507 million over the next two decades.

The estimate released Wednesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comes a year after the agency designated 1.8 million acres in 28 counties as habitat critical to the frog's survival.

The cost to developers of regulatory delays and of buying land elsewhere to offset projects they are building on frog habitat were among the factors federal officials considered.

Al Donner, a spokesman for the federal agency, said developers could save money if they start the regulatory process early.

The frog, the largest species native to the Western U.S., was listed as threatened in 1996.