[ Space, I need space! ] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of warranting 14,000 acres to the California tiger salamander. So my first question is, why do we need such an expanse of land for this species? Last time I saw a salamander it was not crawling, it was as still as a stick. The time before that, still as a stick. Now that I think about it, I have never seen a salamander crawl. Hmm, do they the fly? ;-) All seriousness folks, why do we need 14,000 acres for a species of that size? I think the conversion of acres to mile is 640, so that would be 21.8 square miles. That is larger than the Town of Whiting, Vermont. The fact that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife is possibly beating out the land developers for this piece of parcel is also beyond me.