The California Endangered Species Act and federal Endangered Species Act provide frameworks to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. Chatten-Brown Law Group has experience enforcing the ESA in its own right, as well as through CEQA litigation.  Often, development projects are required to obtain “take” permits under the ESA from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is addressed through the administrative and environmental review process.