Advocacy in action: Decades-long effort earns 20-year mining ban in Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers

Jan 13, 2017 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Victory! Protecting Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers from Mining

Administration acts to protect steelhead, wild salmon for decades Location: Portland, Ore. This week, the Obama Administration took strong administrative action to protect an area in southwest Oregon’s Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest with the highest...

Court tosses suit challenging Santa Fe National Forest travel management plan

Jan 4, 2017 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Southern Rockies, VICTORY! Santa Fe National Forest ORV Lawsuit Intervention

400,000 acres of SFNF will remain protected from ATVs Location: Santa Fe Late last month, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico dismissed a case against the Santa Fe National Forest brought by an off-road vehicle advocacy organization. The case...

WA industrial dairy installs court-ordered manure lagoon liners to protect groundwater

Dec 12, 2016 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign

Department of Ecology poised to allow continued industrial ag pollution throughout state with new permit Location: Seattle Last week, Cow Palace Dairy, a large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Zillah, Wash., began installation of state-of-the-art...

Coalition applauds final denial of Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline

Dec 12, 2016 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest

Location: Medford, Ore. Late Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a request from Canadian oil and gas companies for rehearing of the case surrounding the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline,...

Water too precious to reopen exempt well loophole

Nov 30, 2016 | Op-ed, Victory! Montana Exempt Well Loophole

This September, on behalf of four ranchers and the Clark Fork Coalition, my colleague Matthew Bishop and I successfully challenged a rule that allowed large developments to bypass water permitting. The state Supreme Court agreed that the rule was out of step with the...

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...

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...

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...

Montana Supreme Court Orders State To Close Loophole To Protect Water Rights

Sep 14, 2016 | News Release, Victory! Montana Exempt Well Loophole

Developers abused loophole for new subdivisions, threatening water availability for family ranches, wildlife, instream flows Late yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana upheld an Oct. 2014 district court ruling that ordered the Montana Department of...