GNATCATCHING: The site for a new chancellor’s...

GNATCATCHING: The site for a new chancellor’s home at UC Irvine is also a nesting ground for rare California gnatcatchers, so some students plan to protest during commencement ceremonies Saturday. . . . But UCI officials say protest is premature. The gnatcatcher and two other rare species--the cactus wren and a rare succulent plant called Dudleya multicaulis --will be protected, they say. . . . “We’re not trying to railroad anything,” says one official. Say the students: Pick another site.