Snake Spotting Voids OK Of Sprawling Calif. Housing Plan

By Nate Beck · July 18, 2025, 2:57 PM EDT

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...

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Case Title

Center for Biological Diversity et al v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service et al

Case Number

2:21-cv-01527

Court

California Eastern

Nature of Suit

Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision

Date Filed

August 25, 2021