In Connecticut, road construction might be held up for fear the new highway might damage the habitat of bog turtles or nesting sites of saltmarsh sparrows.
in Iceland, they also worry about elves.
Protesters have tried to stop construction of a road through a lava field outside the country’s capital of Reykjavik because it might disturb the elves living there.
Here’s the full article: http://www.livescience.com/42547-elves-spark-environmental-protest-iceland.html