Large coalition joins lawsuit against Trump administration over illegal postponement of methane waste rule

Jul 10, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules

BLM rule delay defies Congress, harms taxpayers, public health, and environment The Trump administration has decided to indefinitely postpone a rule that requires oil and gas companies to minimize waste and fix leaks from oil and gas development on public land—a...

Fight begins to maintain protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears

Jun 30, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

Conservationists Signal Impending Legal Challenge Over Removal of Federal Safeguards Today, WildEarth Guardians notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it will sue the agency over its flawed decision to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of...

Groups Challenge Plan Increasing Off-Highway Vehicle Use in Old-Growth Areas of Ochoco National Forest

Jun 28, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs

Extensive new motorized trail system threatens wildlife, upsets use balance Today the U.S. Forest Service issued a final decision green-lighting an extensive motorized trail system that would add 137 miles of new off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails to the existing...

Protecting Native Steelhead in the North and South Santiam Rivers

Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlife

Protecting Native Steelhead in the North and South Santiam Rivers In 1999, the National Marine Fisheries Service listed native winter steelhead trout in the upper Willamette River basin in Oregon as threatened with extinction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pays for...

Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs

Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlands

Protecting Oregon’s Ochoco National Forest From OHVs The U.S. Forest Service issued a final decision green-lighting an extensive motorized trail system that would add 137 miles of new off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails to the existing network of 674 miles within...

Protecting Amphibians in the Sierra Nevada

Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlife

Protecting Amphibian Critical Habitat in the Sierra Nevada High elevation meadows and streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains provide important habitat for the Yosemite toad and Sierra Nevada mountain yellow-legged frog, both of which are threatened with extinction....

Protecting Klamath River Salmon From Grazing

Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlife

Protecting Klamath River Salmon From Grazing Wild coho salmon in the upper Klamath River in California are at “high risk of extinction,” in part because of cattle grazing. Coho find habitat along sensitive streams such as Horse Creek and Beaver Creek, which have high...

Oregon Suction Dredge Moratorium

Jun 27, 2017 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Oregon Suction Dredge Moratorium We fought hard against the practice of motorized suction dredge mining in Oregon’s streams because it disturbs our shared rivers and harms wild salmon and steelhead. WELC helped our conservation colleagues engage legislators...

Conservationists Condemn Premature Stripping of Protections for Yellowstone’s Grizzlies

Jun 22, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

Planned Trophy Hunts Would Fundamentally Undermine Grizzly Recovery Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is finalizing its flawed proposal to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Endangered Species Act protections despite...

WELC Statement: Interior to Rewrite or Rescind BLM Methane Rule

Jun 21, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules

Sec. Zinke provides conflicting information to court, Congress Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told the Senate Energy Committee the Trump administration will rewrite or rescind the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. The methane rule, which...