Threats
As stated in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 1994 listing of four other vernal pool shrimp species (59 FR 48136), California's remaining vernal pools have been under severe pressure from urban development, agricultural conversion and associated hydrological changes. Losses of vernal pool habitat were noted prior to 1997.
High human population growth estimates in the counties occupied by the shrimp, and potential threats from specific proposed development projects such as the new University of California, Merced campus are causes for concern.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes that loss of habitat may constitute a threat to vernal pool species. It is less clear, however, to what extent previous listing actions and other regulatory mechanisms may reduce that threat in the case of the midvalley fairy shrimp.
Read more about this topic: Midvalley Fairy Shrimp
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