The US Army Corps of Engineers and Fish and Wildlife Service unlawfully approved a luxury housing project in a critical habitat for a threatened trout species, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
Environmental groups sued to stop construction on the Idaho Club Lakeside Marina, alleging the biological assessment failed to address how dredging and beaver dam removal will affect bull trout migratory patterns in a Lake Pend Orielle tributary, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Idaho.
The Center for Biological Diversity and Idaho Conservation League said the permits issued by the agencies ...