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...

Protecting the Kaibab National Forest from Cross-Country Motorized Travel

Jan 25, 2016 | Wildlands

Protecting the Kaibab National Forest from Cross-Country Motorized Travel The Kaibab National Forest contains three geographically distinct ranger districts, all with extensive road systems. One ranger district sits on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, one ranger...

Restoring the Similkameen River by Removing Enloe Dam

Sep 14, 2015 | Wildlands

Restoring the Similkameen River by removing Enloe Dam Until 2019, the Okanagon Public Utility District planned to re-energize north-central Washington’s dormant Enloe Dam, a 54-foot concrete wall blocking hundreds of miles of upstream salmon and steelhead...

National Coalition Plus Tens of Thousands Submit Comments Opposing West Coast Fracked Gas Export Plan

Feb 13, 2015 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release

On behalf of a diverse national coalition, including conservation, commercial fishing and private property owners, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) and Sierra Club submitted comments today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) opposing what...

Salmon River Complex Post-Fire Salvage Project

Sep 10, 2014 | Wildlands

2014-8-5.SalmonSalvageAgreementLtr.Sexton.pdfThe Salmon River is one of the most remote and beautiful areas in the northern California/southern Oregon’s Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. The 751-mile watershed lies entirely within the Klamath National Forest.Nearly...

Saving Puget Sound

May 29, 2014 | Wildlands

Saving Puget Sound The delicate Sound The Washington Department of Ecology has conducted decades of studies on the serious effects of nutrient and toxic pollution on Puget Sound, revealing a broad variety of water quality problems affecting the Sound, its marine life,...

VICTORY! Montana Exempt Well Loophole

Mar 20, 2014 | Wildlands

VICTORY! Montana Exempt Well Loophole Rural homeowners, ranchers, and farmers in Montana and other western states have long relied on a provision of the law that affords them the opportunity to drill a small well without first obtaining a permit. It’s an approach that...

Protecting Washington’s waters from toxic coal train pollution

Jul 26, 2013 | Wildlands

Protecting Washington’s waters from toxic coal train pollution It sounds impossible, but coal trains still operate in modern times without tops, spilling an average of 500 pounds of coal per rail car per train trip. With 120 or more cars per train, that adds up to 30...

VICTORY! Protecting Sonoran Desert National Monument from Irresponsible Shooting

Jun 7, 2013 | Wildlands

VICTORY! Protecting Sonoran Desert National Monument from Irresponsible Shooting The Sonoran Desert National Monument in southwest Arizona is one of the most biologically diverse areas of the North American desert. The area is home to large saguaro cactus forest...