Sierra Club v. Laird

ELR Citation: ELR 20085
No(s). Civ. 70-78 (D. Ariz. Jun 23, 1970)

Plaintiffs, seven conservation organizations, obtain preliminary injunction restraining Army Corps of Engineers from carrying out channel clearing project on Gila River. 3,000 acres of phreatophytic (water consuming) vegetation along 55 miles of the river were threatened. Clearing was begun without ...