Mexican wolf count indicates true recovery is distant

Apr 8, 2019 | News Release, Protecting Mexican Wolves

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revealed that 131 Mexican gray wolves survive in the wilds of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. The annual count shows a small increase of 14 individuals from last year’s total documented count of 117....

Trump admin announces intent to strip wolves of endangered species protections in lower 48

Mar 6, 2019 | Nationwide Wolf Delisting, News Release

Today, acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced the Trump administration’s intent to remove endangered species protections for wolves in the lower 48 states. The administration will release the proposal to the public in the next few days. While we’re loath...

Protecting Spokane River summertime flows returns to court

Feb 27, 2019 | News Release, Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River

Issue: When water is flowing in the Spokane River during hot summer months, should water be protected for community recreational and aesthetic use, river fish, and wildlife or should the Department of Ecology allow even more water to be taken from the river by...

Indiscriminate traps kill, injure endangered Mexican wolves, impeding recovery

Feb 13, 2019 | News Release, Protecting Mexican Wolves

As a bill to ban recreational and commercial trapping works its way through the New Mexico legislature, indiscriminate trapping is proving an enormous impediment for endangered Mexican gray wolves’ already uphill battle toward recovery. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife...

Banishing M-44 Cyanide Bombs from Public Lands

Feb 7, 2019 | Wildlife

Banishing M-44 Cyanide Bombs from Public Lands We’re actively working to stop the use of dangerous – and lethal – baited sodium cyanide poison devices on public lands across the contiguous 48 states. The rogue, federal wildlife-killing program Wildlife Services,...

Advocates target bear baiting in ID, WY grizzly country

Dec 19, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

Today, wildlife advocates notified the federal government they plan to legally challenge its authorization of bear baiting on National Forest System lands in Idaho and Wyoming for violations of the Endangered Species Act, citing harms to protected grizzly bears and...

Feds’ fur export approvals violate Endangered Species Act

Oct 29, 2018 | Ensuring Public and Environmental Review for Federal Fur Export Program, News Release

MISSOULA, MT. — Late Friday, a federal court in Montana ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) failed to adequately protect imperiled lynx from the impacts of trapping in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “We are pleased the Service must now...

Yellowstone grizzlies: Court reinstates protections, blocks ID, WY trophy hunts

Sep 24, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

Today, a U.S. District Court judge ruled against the Trump administration, reversing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2017 decision to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of vital Endangered Species Act protections. The court ruled that...

Yellowstone grizzlies: Court blocks ID, WY trophy hunts for 14 more days

Sep 13, 2018 | News Release, Protecting Grizzly Bears

MISSOULA, Mont. —Today, a U.S. District Court judge extended a temporary restraining order to block planned grizzly bear trophy hunts in Idaho and Wyoming for 14 more days while he prepares a ruling. The judge may only renew a temporary restraining order such as this...

Federal appeals court upholds Oregon suction dredge mining ban

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...