A federal judge has rejected the latest lawsuit aimed at stopping Tejon Ranch Co. from building an upscale residential project near the company s Lebec headquarters.
California Central District Judge Cormac J. Carney ruled Dec. 4 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not violate federal guidelines when it approved a habitat conservation plan the plaintiffs alleged should have recognized the California condor as a traditional cultural property deserving special protection. Such a recognition could have sunk the housing development as proposed.
Carney wrote that the condor is not itself a traditional cultural property and neither is the condor s habitat. He also found there is no evidence the defendant â the USFWS â ignored tribal input about proposed measures to reduce the impacts of development on the condor.
Tejon Ranch prevails in court case challenging approval of mountain residential project [The Bakersfield Californian]
Dec. 27 A federal judge has rejected the latest lawsuit aimed at stopping Tejon Ranch Co. from building an upscale residential project near the company’s Lebec headquarters.
California Central District Judge Cormac J. Carney ruled Dec. 4 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not violate federal guidelines when it approved a habitat conservation plan the plaintiffs alleged should have recognized the California condor as a “traditional cultural property” deserving special protection. Such a recognition could have sunk the housing development as proposed.
Carney wrote that the condor is not itself a traditional cultural property and neither is the condor’s habitat. He also found there is no evidence the defendant the USFWS ignored tribal input about proposed measures to reduce the impacts of development on the condor.