Nov 10, 2016 | News Release
Will help inform forest management efforts in Pacific Northwest Location: Portland, Ore. Today, the U.S. Forest Service released for public and heightened peer review its anticipated science synthesis, which will inform the need to revise the renowned Northwest Forest...
Nov 1, 2016 | News Release
Location: Denver Conservation groups today called on the Obama Administration to align public lands management with U.S. climate goals, in response to a draft proposal that would intensify fossil fuel extraction on one million acres of public land and mineral rights...
Oct 28, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Chaco Canyon From Fracking
Northwest New Mexico oil drilling will continue despite risks to communities, cultural resources and environment Location: Santa Fe Hopes for a respite from a fracking boom plaguing Navajo and public lands in New Mexico’s Greater Chaco area were thwarted Thursday when...
Oct 25, 2016 | News Release
Voters Prioritize Water Protection and Recreation for Public Lands in the Pacific Northwest Location: Redding/Portland/Seattle A new poll reveals voters’ priorities for the management of a 25-million-acre network of America’s public lands, forests and...
Oct 19, 2016 | News Release
Location: Castle Valley, Utah [Posted on behalf of Terry Tempest Williams and Brooke Williams] On October 18, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rejected our offers for oil and gas leases made by Tempest Exploration Company, LLC at the agency’s quarterly lease...
Sep 21, 2016 | News Release
Location: Boise WildEarth Guardians, with representation by the Western Environmental Law Center, filed a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to ensure protection for bull trout critical...
Sep 16, 2016 | News Release
Location: Seattle Yesterday afternoon at a media-only event excluding the general public, the Inslee administration released a final Clean Air Rule that legalizes dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions in Washington state. In spite of overwhelming public support...
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...
Sep 7, 2016 | News Release
Feds Failed to Protect Key Habitat in Colorado Location: Missoula Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ordered the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to reconsider its decision to exclude the Canada lynx’s entire southern Rocky Mountain...
Sep 2, 2016 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin
New Mexicans Demand Obama Administration Protect Public Lands and Communities, Keep Oil and Gas In the Ground Location: Santa Fe, NM A coalition today called on the Obama Administration to rein in unchecked fracking near Chaco Canyon and abandon its plans to auction...
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