Jul 13, 2021 | Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
WELC Acknowledges Stolen Lands The Western Environmental Law Center acknowledges that the lands we live and work on across the western United States were stolen from the original peoples who lived here. We respectfully honor the Tribes and original peoples who have...
Jun 24, 2021 | Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Our Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Justice The Western Environmental Law Center is dedicated to creating a thriving, resilient future grounded in equity, inclusion, and justice. To safeguard the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the Western U.S. in the...
Apr 30, 2021 | Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Washington State’s Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act Washington state’s passage of the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act represents the end of a multi-year effort by advocates, including Front & Centered, to instill environmental justice analysis...
Mar 24, 2017 | Idaho Predator Derby Challenge, News Release, Regional Resilience: Northern Rockies
Yesterday, the Federal District Court of Idaho approved a settlement agreement between six conservation groups and the Bureau of Land Management ensuring public notice of a wildlife killing contest on BLM-managed public lands near Salmon, Idaho. In 2014 a vocal...
Mar 20, 2017 | Regional Resilience
Northern Rockies Regional Resilience WELC is dedicated to place-based environmental advocacy. We live in Helena, Lafayette, and Coeur d’Alene; and as people who find inspiration in our natural surroundings, we spend our time exploring Yellowstone, the Powder...
Mar 20, 2017 | Regional Resilience
Southern Rockies Regional Resilience WELC is dedicated to place-based environmental advocacy. We live in Taos and Santa Fe; and as people who find inspiration in our natural surroundings, we love exploring Greater Chaco, the Valle Vidal, the Sonoran Desert National...
Feb 27, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Late last Friday, local and partner conservation groups intervened in two lawsuits to protect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument from challenges brought by timber interests. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of the most biodiverse places in North...
Jan 19, 2017 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign
Location: Seattle Today, a coalition environmental, public health, social justice and public interest advocates and organizations representing tens of thousands of Washingtonians responded to the Washington State Department of Ecology’s issuance of a revised...
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...
Jan 11, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Oil and Gas Exploitation in the San Juan Basin, Regional Resilience: Southern Rockies
Navajo Chapter Presidents, Tribal members, and New Mexico Water Protectors call on BLM State Office to Cancel January Auction Location: Santa Fe, NM On January 25, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is scheduled to hold an online auction of 843 acres of public...
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