July 18, 2025
A federal judge has halted a 314-acre master-planned development in Chico, California, after finding federal officials wrongly concluded in 2020 that the endangered giant garter snake had not been observed on the site despite a sighting of the animal in the area a dozen years prior.
September 06, 2022
Two real estate firms are seeking an early win on environmental groups' challenge to a 314-acre multiuse development planned on a stretch of California wetlands, saying the groups' claims omitted that the project includes a preserve for the very species alleged to be under threat.
August 29, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asked a federal judge to rule that they did not violate regulations, as environmental groups AquAlliance and the Center for Biological Diversity claim, when they approved permits for a large California real estate development.
July 06, 2022
Two environmental groups asked a judge to block a permit for a 314-acre housing development in Chico, California, arguing that federal officials failed to consider its effect on seasonal wetlands, species of shrimp and a rare plant native to the region.
August 26, 2021
Two environmental groups claimed in a federal court complaint Wednesday that the government violated several laws in signing off on a proposed 314-acre development on a stretch of wetlands in California, urging the court to halt the project.