Chico News & Review
A decade ago, residents of Lassen County approved the resort development of Dyer Mountain, near the small town of Westwood east of Lake Almanor. That development has yet to happen, and if opponents get their way it will be stalled forever. Last week environmental groups offered their opening brief in a lawsuit filed in 2007 to block development of the forested region. A large-scale housing development, along with a ski resort and three golf courses, has been approved for the area. “This massive development proposal has no place on Dyer Mountain, which is in a remote, rural area,” Steve Robinson of Mountain Meadows Conservancy said in a statement. The nearest town, Westwood, has 2,000 residents. The development calls for 4,000 homes.