Environmentalists and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians countered that PG&E – which is facing increasing pressure to stop its equipment from starting fires across the state – should move their power lines instead.
“They had their cherry picker and their wood chipper ready,” said Polly Girvin, an environmental and Indigenous rights activist. “But we weren’t going to back down.”

Two bald eagles nested in a pine for years. A utility company tried to chop it down

The fight to save the birds’ habitat ignites old frustrations over California’s engagement with tribal communities