Protecting Critical Habitat for Threatened Bull Trout on the Payette

Nov 3, 2016 | Wildlife

Protecting Critical Habitat for Threatened Bull Trout on the Payette The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 9,671 stream miles and 197,915 acres of lakes and reservoirs in Idaho as critical to bull trout conservation—many of which are found on national...

Protecting Lynx Habitat in the Rio Grande National Forest

Sep 29, 2016 | Wildlife

Protecting Lynx Habitat in Colorado’s Rio Grande National Forest The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a timber sale on the Conejos Peak Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest. Quizzically, the Forest Service will not publicly identify specific areas...

Gov. Inslee has 45 days to decide whether to protect Spokane River flows (Press Release 5/31/16)

May 31, 2016 | Protecting Healthy Flows in the Spokane River

Citizens ask Gov. to reopen agency decision that ignored jobs, tourism, boaters, sceneryLocation:SpokaneAdvocates for the Spokane River are asking Gov. Jay Inslee to grant their petition for protecting all instream values of the Spokane River, including recreational...

Curbing the Federal Fur Export Program

May 3, 2016 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Curbing the Federal Fur Export Program Through an international endangered species trade treaty, the federal government is facilitating the mass export of furs and other animal parts to other countries where fur coats and the like are still socially...

Protecting Grizzly Bears

Apr 21, 2016 | Wildlife

Protecting Grizzly Bears Faced with shrinking habitat, the loss of critical food sources, and the impacts of climate change, grizzly bears are struggling to survive. Indeed, only 1,700-1,800 grizzlies remain in the lower 48 states, about 700 of which call the Greater...

Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Oregon

Jan 30, 2016 | Wildlife

Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Oregon Wildlife Services is a stand-alone federal extermination program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that kills roughly 4 million animals per year, including wolves, bears, otters, foxes, coyotes,...

VICTORY! Protecting Puget Sound Chinook Salmon, Bull Trout, and Steelhead

Nov 25, 2015 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Protecting Puget Sound Chinook Salmon, Bull Trout, and Steelhead The Puyallup River originates in glaciers along the slopes of Mount Rainier in the Cascade Mountains in Washington and flows through lands owned by the Puyallup Tribe to Commencement Bay in...

Protecting Mexican Wolves

Jun 22, 2015 | Wildlife

Protecting Mexican Wolves Mexican gray wolves belong to one of the smallest, rarest, and most genetically distinct subspecies of gray wolf. In 1976, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the Mexican wolf as a protected species under the Endangered Species...

VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington

Feb 26, 2015 | Wildlife

VICTORY! Stopping Wildlife Services from Killing Wolves in Washington Wildlife Services is a stand-alone federal extermination program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that kills roughly 4 million animals per year, including wolves, bears, otters,...

Canada Lynx Critical Habitat Designation

Oct 29, 2014 | Wildlife

Canada Lynx Critical Habitat Designation Despite mounting evidence that lynx habitat is more expansive than previously thought, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced in 2014 that it would exclude all occupied lynx habitat in the Southern Rockies—from...