PLF’s staff and family mourn the passing of former PLF trustee Robin Arkley, Sr., who died this week at age 83. A community and business leader in Humboldt County, California, Mr. Arkley was a passionate defender of property rights, a … Continue reading
Center for Biological Diversity has moved to intervene in the Alaska lawsuit. Judge Wilken of the Northern District of California has granted intervention to two private organizational parties in CBD's lawsuit, to allow them to defend the Service's limited Section … Continue reading
Today, the California Supreme Court denied review and depublication of the Court of Appeal's opinion in Charles A. Pratt Construction v. CCC. Justices Kennard and Baxter would have granted the petition for review. PLF attorneys, on behalf of PLF and … Continue reading
Last week Judge Wilson of the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a decision in National Wildlife Federation v. Harvey, a case concerning a challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' project to build a pump and irrigation system from … Continue reading
As the regulated public is well aware by now, the Services announced today their intention to propose changes to the regulations governing Section 7 consultation. An official draft of the proposed changes is to be made available soon. A leaked … Continue reading
Today the Ninth Circuit dismissed the appeal of Alsea Valley Alliance (represented by PLF) in Trout Unlimited v. Lohn, a case out of the District of Oregon concerning the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2006 decision to withdraw its proposal to … Continue reading
The Ventura County Star today reports that California Coastal Commission has postponed a decision on whether to allow a proposed 45-megawatt peaker power plant at Mandalay Beach in Oxnard. Among those who voiced their opposition to the much-needed power plant … Continue reading