Judge halts development near Big Bear bald eagles
(WorldNews Environment)

A judge recently blocked a Big Bear-area development that conservation groups say threatened habitat for a pair of nesting bald eagles made famous by a live webcam. In the Feb. 25 ruling, San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Gilbert Ochoa set aside the county’s 2014 permit approvals, saying the underlying project approval had already expired. According to a news release from petitioners Friends of Big Bear Valley and the Center for Biological Diversity, the project included 19 three-story condominium buildings on 12 acres of undeveloped lakefront, 175 boat slips in a private marina, and more. Court records show a large-scale housing project was first proposed in the early 1980s,...