Sep 12, 2018 | News Release, Victory! Protecting Wild Coho Salmon from Suction Dredge Mining in the Rogue River Basin
Portland, Oregon – Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a new Oregon state law banning motorized mining operations, such as suction dredging, in streams that support runs of wild salmon and steelhead trout. The court rejected miners’ assertions that...
Aug 30, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears
MISSOULA, Mont. —Today, a U.S. District Court judge granted wildlife advocates’ motion for a temporary restraining order to block planned grizzly bear trophy hunts in Idaho and Wyoming for at least 14 days. This came after a hearing regarding a high-profile case...
Jun 14, 2018 | News Release, Protecting the Santa Fe National Forest from Fracking
In a victory for New Mexico’s air, climate, and water, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico today rejected a 2015 oil and gas lease sale covering 19,788 acres of oil and gas leases on the Santa Fe National Forest. The Bureau of Land Management...
May 23, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
Statement from Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, the Western Environmental Law Center, San Juan Citizens Alliance, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, WildEarth Guardians, and Natural Resources Defense Council: Taos, NM – New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and...
Apr 25, 2018 | Keeping 11 Billion Tons of Dirty Coal in the Ground in the Powder River Basin, News Release
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management in Montana deferred all 223 parcels subject to an oil and gas lease sale planned for June 12. The decision to postpone the lease sale results from a court decision last month finding the Miles City (Montana)...
Apr 5, 2018 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Conservation groups today appealed a federal District Court judge in Wyoming’s stay of 2016 methane waste rule implementation. The 2016 rule compels oil and gas companies operating on public lands to take reasonable measures to prevent the waste of methane, the...
Apr 3, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Mexican Wolves
TUCSON—Today, a judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) to go back to the drawing board on its deeply flawed 2015 Mexican wolf management rule. The court rejected the Service’s distortion of science to fit the political goals of...
Apr 2, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
Santa Fe, NM – Over the weekend, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued a “preview” order indicating it will soon rule in favor of advocate groups challenging hundreds of federal fracking approvals in the Greater Chaco region on...
Mar 2, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin
Taos, NM – Late yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management announced its decision to defer an oil and gas lease sale of 4,434.37 acres near Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for consultation with Tribal and local leaders. The surprise...
Feb 23, 2018 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Late last night, a U.S. District Court granted a preliminary injunction striking down Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s attempt to delay for one year implementation of the Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste rule. A coalition of government watchdog...
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