Conservation groups ask court to reinstate protections on 3.4 million acres of critical northern spotted owl habitat

Mar 23, 2021 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Conservation groups in the Pacific Northwest filed a legal challenge to reinstate federal protections on more than 3.4 million acres of federal old-growth forests, which are essential for the survival of the threatened northern spotted owl. The lawsuit asks the court...

Western wolf coalition challenges nationwide wolf delisting

Jan 14, 2021 | Nationwide Wolf Delisting, News Release

Today, a coalition of Western wolf advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to prematurely strip wolves of federal protections in the contiguous 48 states, in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The most recent data from the U.S. Fish...

USFWS cuts northern spotted owl critical habitat by 42% in likely death sentence for species

Jan 13, 2021 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Today, with six days remaining in the Trump administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule eliminating 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in Washington state, Oregon, and California. This decision comes one...

USFWS: Northern spotted owls are endangered, but we’re too busy to help

Dec 14, 2020 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a finding on the northern spotted owl’s listing status, spurred by a lawsuit filed last week by wildlife advocates. The finding states “reclassification of the northern spotted owl from a threatened species to an...

Wolf coalition launches challenge to nationwide wolf delisting

Nov 9, 2020 | Nationwide Wolf Delisting, News Release

On Friday, Nov. 6, a coalition of Western wolf advocates filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, launching a challenge of the agency’s decision to prematurely strip wolves of federal protections in the contiguous 48 states, in violation of...

Wolves: Groups will challenge Trump admin removal of endangered species protections in lower 48

Oct 29, 2020 | Nationwide Wolf Delisting, News Release

Today, the Trump administration will announce its decision to prematurely remove endangered species protections for wolves in the lower 48 states, in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The most recent data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its...

VICTORY! Helping Lynx Recover Nationwide

Jul 17, 2020 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Helping Lynx Recover Nationwide The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is entrusted with the important duty of helping threatened species like Canada lynx recover to healthy levels. Recovery plans are one of the most important tools for ensuring the survival and...

Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration Cancellation of Methane Pollution Rule

Jul 16, 2020 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules

A federal judge late yesterday reinstated the Bureau of Land Management’s 2016 methane waste rule, aimed at protecting people and the climate from methane waste and pollution from oil and gas extraction on public lands. The ruling is the third defeat for the Trump...

Protecting States’ and Tribes’ Voices on Clean Water Nationwide

Jul 13, 2020 | Wildlands

Protecting States’ and Tribes’ Voices on Clean Water Nationwide A Trump rule gutted provisions of the Clean Water Act (Section 401), which for nearly 50 years provided for states’ and authorized Tribes’ self-determination in permitting for a wide array of...

Advocates deal Trump another loss: Yellowstone Grizzlies to stay on endangered list

Jul 8, 2020 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration and state of Wyoming’s appeal of a 2018 decision restoring endangered species protections for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears. The original decision halted...