Ever since The Warbler rigged herself to a rope and harness in the early morning of January 28, then hoisted herself precisely 71 feet high into a ponderosa pine tree slated for chainsawing by CalTrans, as part of Big Orange’s proposed new superhighway through Little Lake Valley, work on the project has been stalled. The tree sit, an impending Clean Water Act lawsuit by a coalition of environmental groups including the Willits Environmental Center, and CalTrans’ own trouble securing final authorization from the Army Corps of Engineers to begin bulldozing, have combined to halt the long-planned freeway construction just as it was on the verge of finally getting underway.
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