FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SETTLEMENT TALKS SCUTTLED; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS’ LAWSUIT CONTINUES AGAINST OAKLAND ZOO PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT October 25, 2011 pressreleaseFINAL102511 Contacts: Ruth Malone, Friends of Knowland Park: ruth.malone@ucsf.edu, 415-476-3273; Mack Casterman, East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society: conservation@ebcnps.org, 510-734-0335 or Laura Baker, EBCNPS, Lbake66@aol.com, 510-849-1409  Friends of Knowland Park and the East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (EBCNPS) announced today that mediated settlement negotiations with the City of Oakland and the Oakland Zoo have ended. The groups will instead return to court to continue their lawsuit charging that the city broke the law by approving, without a full Environmental Impact Report, the zoo’s plan to build a theme park atop rare native wildlife habitat. Continue Reading →