Pacifica Golf Course Celebrates Anniversary Despite Attempts To Close It
PACIFICA (KCBS) – An 80th anniversary celebration was held this weekend at Pacifica’s Sharp Park Golf Course, even though the fate of the facility is hanging in the balance. Approximately 250 golfers...
View ArticlePartial Attorneys Fees Awarded In Sharp Park Golf Course Lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A federal judge in San Francisco has awarded $386,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to six environmental groups that filed a lawsuit seeking to protect two imperiled species at...
View ArticleAnimal Rights Advocates Use Endangered Species Act To Halt Nevada Wild Horse...
RENO, Nev. (CBS/AP) — Despite overall numbers in the tens of thousands, mustang advocates say the wild horse is on the verge of going extinct in North America for the second time in 13,000 years and...
View ArticleStretch Of Sacramento River Closed To Fishing After Drought Conditions...
REDDING (CBS/AP) — More than five miles of critical spawning habitat on the upper Sacramento River has closed to salmon fishing. An emergency regulation closing 5.5 miles above the city of Redding went...
View ArticleCalifornia Fish and Game Commision Adds Spotted Owl To Endangered Species List
The state's Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously on Friday to add the threatened bird to the list.
View ArticleNevada, Kentucky Senators’ Bill Would Rewrite U.S. Endangered Species Act
RENO (CBS/AP) — Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants to rewrite the Endangered Species Act to ban any new listings without specific approval from Congress and governors of the states where the fish...
View ArticleTrump Aims to Limit Protections in Endangered Species Act
DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animals and plants and limiting habitat safeguards meant to shield recovering species from harm....
View ArticleMelting Sea Ice Spurs Legal Fight Over Walrus Protections
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Given a choice between giving birth on land or sea ice, Pacific walrus mothers most often choose ice. Likewise, they prefer sea ice for molting, mating, nursing and resting...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed In San Francisco Court Challenges Trump Endangered Species Rule
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF / CNN) — A coalition of environmental groups are taking the Trump administration to court over changes they say will weaken the Endangered Species Act. The administration’s rule —...
View ArticleCalifornia Legislators Pass Bill to Reverse Trump Environmental Rollbacks
SACRAMENTO (AP) — For decades, California and the federal government have had a co-parenting agreement when it comes to the state’s diverse population of endangered species and the scarce water that...
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