A timber company is moving forward with planned logging in Sonoma County, Calif., without a required permit to minimize the risk of killing threatened and endangered species, environmental groups say in a lawsuit filed in a California federal court.
Gualala Redwood Timber LLC’s actions violate the Endangered Species Act, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Friends of the Gualala River and Center for Biological Diversity say they filed their lawsuit to protect animals in the Gualala River floodplain. Species in the area include California red-legged frogs, northern spotted owls, ...