WASHINGTON (AP) - A settlement has been reached in the case of a government biologist who was threatened with a 30-day job suspension over a kayaking trip.

Heather Wylie, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers biologist in Los Angeles, went kayaking on the Los Angeles River in July to protest a proposal by the Corps that could have weakened clean water protections for the river.

Her supervisors found out and threatened to suspend her from her job.

The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility intervened on Wylie's behalf.

On Tuesday the group announced a settlement whereby Wylie will leave her job without either side acknowledging liability.

Details were not released. Her attorneys say Wylie plans to go to law school to become an environmental attorney.

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