Sacramento Flood Management Project Temporarily Blocked by Judge

A Sacramento, Calif., flood control project has been put on hold by a federal judge ruling the US Army Corps of Engineers didn’t adequately study a feasible, less-destructive bioengineering alternative.

American River Trees, Save the American River Association, and the Center for Biological Diversity won a preliminary injunction Thursday to block the American River Common Features Project before vegetation clearing began Nov. 30.

US District Court for the Eastern District of California Judge Dena M. Coggins ruled the agency likely violated the National Environmental Policy Act’s requirements to consider all feasible alternatives to the plan ultimately approved, which includes removing ...