Protecting Spokane River summertime flows goes to court

Jun 7, 2017 | News Release, Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River

Contacts: Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, (206) 487-7250, hawley@westernlaw.org Dan Von Seggern, Center for Environmental Law & Policy, (206)...

Senate rejects bid to kill sensible BLM methane rule

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

In a close vote, the Senate chose today to protect taxpayers, public health, and the environment by preserving the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. Today’s vote reflects the will of the public, which launched a massive effort to keep the...

Environmental Watchdogs Fight Trump Admin for Withholding Public Information on Climate

Apr 25, 2017 | News Release, Trump Climate Executive Order FOIA

Contacts: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-770-1295, eriksg@westernlaw.org Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians,...

Federal Wildlife Killing Program Sued Over Carnivore Killing in Colorado

Apr 12, 2017 | Colorado Wildlife Services Challenge, News Release

Conservationists sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services today over its carnivore-killing program in Colorado. Included in the larger program are controversial plans to kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado in a misguided...

All Climate & Energy Cases

Mar 30, 2017 | Climate & Energy

All Climate & Energy Cases Reforming Oil & Gas Operations Protecting Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin From Fracking Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules Keystone XL: Defending the Right to Protest Protecting Colorado’s North Fork...

All Wildlife Cases

Mar 30, 2017 | Wildlife

All Wildlife Cases Grizzly Bears Protecting Grizzly Bears Wolves VICTORY! Restoring Gray Wolf Protections Nationwide Restoring Gray Wolves in Oregon Restoring Gray Wolves in Washington VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington Protecting...

All Wildlands Cases

Mar 30, 2017 | Wildlands

All Wildlands Cases Protecting Public Lands Protecting Sonoran Desert National Monument from Irresponsible Shooting Defending Science-Based Forest Management in Oregon Erasing Pendley’s Anti-Public Lands Legacy on 6.25 Million Acres Jordan Cove LNG Terminal &...

Defending Science-Based Forest Management in Oregon

Mar 25, 2017 | Wildlands

Defending Science-Based Forest Management in Oregon The Western Oregon Plan Revisions, known by the acronym WOPR and pronounced “whopper,” has been controversial since 2003, when the second Bush administration settled a long dormant timber industry lawsuit with the...

Idaho Settlement Ensures Notification for Wildlife Killing Contests on BLM Lands

Mar 24, 2017 | Idaho Predator Derby Challenge, News Release, Regional Resilience: Northern Rockies

Yesterday, the Federal District Court of Idaho approved a settlement agreement between six conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management ensuring public notice of a wildlife killing contest on BLM-managed public lands near Salmon, Idaho. In 2014 a vocal...

Coalition Defends Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Feb 27, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest

Late last Friday, local and partner conservation groups intervened in two lawsuits to protect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument from challenges brought by timber interests. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of the most biodiverse places in North...