http://westernlaw.org Listing of recent victories daily 1 2007-02-23T20:17:47Z http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/conservationists-win-decision-protecting-local-water-supplies-fisheries-wildlife-bush-rule-exempting-pesticide-application-from-clean-water-act-protections-vacated In yet another of a long list stinging defeats for the Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a clear rebuke against the administration’s attempt to exempt certain commercial pesticide applications from oversight of the Clean Water Act. No publisher Mari 2009-01-07T22:32:51Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/conservation-groups-the-state-of-montana-kootenai-tribe-of-idaho-and-federal-agencies-reach-historic-agreement-to-help-save-the-kootenai-river-white-sturgeon “After nearly six years of litigation, the parties have agreed to a plan that will help save the sturgeon,” said Geoff Hickox, an attorney from the Western Environmental Law Center. No publisher Mari 2008-09-10T18:11:16Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-welc-protects-wildlife-birds-and-habitat-on-farms We are thrilled to report that, in one of the quickest legal resolutions we've seen, WELC won a significant victory protecting habitat for wildlife on farmlands. No publisher Mari 2008-08-14T19:03:24Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-feds-will-reconsider-protecting-the-vulnerable-chub Roundtail and headwater chubs are important indicator species for their current and historic habitat in the rivers of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:38:25Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-welc-wins-battle-for-off-road-records WELC has won a two-year battle to gain access to U.S. Forest Service’s data on the damage caused by off-road vehicles and unmaintained roads on national forests around the West. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:35:03Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/white-house-drops-forest-appeal The Bush administration has dropped its appeal of WELC’s 2007 district court victory protecting 193 million acres of national forest lands. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:30:52Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-wilderness-protected-from-damaging-commercial-packstock-operations Excessive commercial packstock operations using horses and mules erode meadows, degrade streams, and interfere with the solitude that backcounty recreationists are entitled to experience in wilderness. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:28:18Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-welc-saves-mexican-owl-habitat "This was a complete victory for the Mexican Spotted Owl," stated attorney WELC attorney Matt Kenna. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:04:12Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-welc-propels-new-mexico-to-forefront-of-global-warming-solutions The result: a pioneering rule requiring a host of industries – including power plants, oil refineries, and upstream oil and gas development operations – to report both major and minor source greenhouse gas emissions. No publisher Mari 2008-02-21T19:23:39Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-for-clean-water-in-new-mexico State’s Right to Protect Water Upheld in Court Against Industry Challenge No publisher katie 2008-02-21T18:48:22Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/u-s-forest-service-withdraws-reauthorization-of-grazing-allotments-on-macdonald-pass-in-montana The U.S. Forest Service ("USFS") has decided to withdraw their reauthorization of three grazing allotments along the Continental Divide, in the Helena National Forest - an area that provides important structural and functional wildlife connectivity for grizzly bears, lynx, and wolves, in response to WELC's 60-day notice of intent to sue. No publisher katie 2007-08-03T22:39:24Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/welc-helps-reign-in-massive-las-vegas-groundwater-pumping-plan On April 16, 2007, the Nevada State Engineer issued a long-awaited decision on how much water Las Vegas will get from a rural eastern Nevada groundwater basin that is the lynchpin of its plans to tap the region’s groundwater and pipe it over 200 miles to Las Vegas, in order to slake the ever-growing demand of urban sprawl and golf course-and-water-fountain development there. No publisher katie 2007-08-03T22:24:01Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/welc-wins-fight-over-national-forests-and-citizen-input A federal judge ruled last Friday, March 30th, that the Bush Administration illegally adopted wholesale changes to the planning regulations that control activities in the country’s national forest system. No publisher katie 2007-04-12T16:28:08Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/welc-secured-the-highest-form-of-protection-for-valle-vidal-waters We worked with allies, like the State of New Mexico to further ongoing ecological restoration efforts in the Valle Vidal by successfully obtaining, in December 2005, Outstanding National Resource Water (“ONRW”) designation for the Valle Vidal’s waters. No publisher katie 2007-04-02T20:48:37Z Case http://westernlaw.org/victories-1/victory-for-two-species-of-salamander We won a victory for two salamander species that live in the old-growth forests of California and Oregon. No publisher katie 2008-02-21T18:49:24Z Case