The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, which wants construction of a Poway housing development to stop because of evidence it is being built on a sacred burial site, said “blasting” developers conducted near nests of red-tailed hawks and other birds drove them away last week.
Tribal leaders have written to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking help, but said they have heard nothing from the agencies.
“It’s disappointing to see these builders just destroy this cultural landscape, this village site for the Kumeyaay people,” Jason Lavigne, a coordinator who manages the tribal monitors, said in an interview last week. “It’s very disappointing that they’re not following the regulations and laws that they’re supposed to.”…