Habitat protection for the toad translates into water quality protection for the people.
Do people want a concrete-lined river like in Los Angeles or a nice river with trees and vegetation? A critical habitat designation means we'd get the nice trees and vegetation.
Any money to protect habitat and species is good but the amount of money here is extraordinarily small relative to the land values,
They overemphasized speculative economic harm to development while totally disregarding the real economic benefits of habitat protection.