SAN DIEGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. Conservation groups today formally notified the Federal Aviation Administration of plans to file a lawsuit to protect sensitive wetlands and endangered species at the Brown Field Municipal Airport near the San Diego border with Mexico. The FAA is funding a runway reconstruction project and failed to include protections for rare wildlife species that live in vernal pools at the airport, such as the San Diego fairy shrimp and San Diego button-celery. A coalition of conservation and environmental justice groups filed a related lawsuit against the city of San Diego last year to protect burrowing owls and vernal pools from a large-scale redevelopment project at Brown Field Municipal Airport.
