Terry Tempest Williams & Brooke Williams appeal to Interior Board of Land Appeals over oil and gas lease purchase

Nov 16, 2016 | Fighting for Terry Tempest Williams' and Brooke Williams' Right to Buy Fossil Fuel Leases, News Release, Regional Resilience: Southern Rockies

Famed author and husband punished for common industry practice Location: Castle Valley, Utah Today, on behalf of Terry Tempest Williams and Brooke Williams, the Western Environmental Law Center administratively challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM)...

Agreement in Principle requires study of coal train covers, $1 million in environmental restoration and coal cleanup

Nov 16, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Washington’s waters from toxic coal train pollution, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest

Location: Seattle A coalition of environmental organizations and BNSF Railway (BNSF) have reached an agreement in principle that will ensure that BNSF starts to clean up and prevent pollution from their coal trains. The agreement, which is expected to be finalized as...

Obama Administration finalizes rule to protect public health, taxpayers, environment from methane waste on public lands

Nov 15, 2016 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules

After years of advocacy by a broad coalition of partner groups across the West and in Washington, D.C., we are proud to announce that today the Obama Administration released new rules that will reduce the wholesale waste of natural gas by the oil and gas industry–the...

VICTORY! Protecting Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers from Mining

Nov 3, 2016 | Wildlands

VICTORY! Protecting the Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers from Mining The Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers region is home to the highest concentration of designated Wild Rivers in the contiguous U.S., but that didn’t stop a nickel mining company from proposing a 100,000-acre strip...

Protecting Critical Habitat for Threatened Bull Trout on the Payette

Nov 3, 2016 | Wildlife

Protecting Critical Habitat for Threatened Bull Trout on the Payette The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 9,671 stream miles and 197,915 acres of lakes and reservoirs in Idaho as critical to bull trout conservation—many of which are found on national...

Court allows continued intensive, unstudied fracking in Greater Chaco

Oct 28, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking

Northwest New Mexico oil drilling will continue despite risks to communities, cultural resources and environment Location: Santa Fe Hopes for a respite from a fracking boom plaguing Navajo and public lands in New Mexico’s Greater Chaco area were thwarted Thursday when...

Protecting Colorado’s Uncompahgre Region from Fracking and Coal Mining

Oct 25, 2016 | Climate & Energy

Protecting Colorado’s Uncompahgre Region from Fracking and Coal Mining In Western Colorado’s Uncompahgre region, sometimes called the North Fork Valley, organic farms flourish like nowhere else in the state. But the Bureau of Land Management has presented a...

Protecting Lynx Habitat in the Rio Grande National Forest

Sep 29, 2016 | Wildlife

Protecting Lynx Habitat in Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a timber sale on the Conejos Peak Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest. Quizzically, the Forest Service will not publicly identify specific areas...

Colorado Forest Planning

Sep 29, 2016 | Wildlands

Colorado Forest Planning We’re participating in forest planning processes in western Colorado, including the Rio Grande National Forest and the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests. These forests include very important habitat and...

New Mexico Wetland Jewels

Sep 29, 2016 | Wildlands

New Mexico Wetland Jewels We’re undertaking a project with Amigos Bravos to identify critical wetland jewels in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests of New Mexico. This will help forest managers prioritize protection of these areas that provide important...