Michael Colosi, a tech entrepreneur from New Jersey, has sued to end the legal protections of the Florida scrub jay, the state's only endemic bird, preventing him from building a new house in Charlotte County, Florida. Colosi argues that the fees proposed by the county for habitat impact on the five-acre plot are excessive and should not be protected by the federal Endangered Species Act as they are only found in Florida. The outcome of the lawsuit could affect how the government treats animals that are vulnerable, threatened, or endangered.