November 21, 2025
The California Department of Parks and Recreation is violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing vehicles on a beach that's home to threatened snowy plovers, resulting in injury and death to the shorebirds and loss of habitat, a federal judge ruled.
October 29, 2020
The California Department of Parks and Recreation is putting endangered birds at risk by illegally letting motorized vehicles drive on dunes along the shoreline without first receiving Endangered Species Act permissions, an environmental group told a federal court Thursday.