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Federal court green-lights bear baiting lawsuit

A federal court in Boise today denied the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop black bear baiting in national forests in Idaho and Wyoming – a practice known to result in the deaths of endangered grizzly bears. U.S. magistrate judge...

Daniel Cordalis and Cliff Villa join WELC board of directors

The Western Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit public-interest environmental law firm, is proud to announce the addition of Daniel Cordalis and Cliff Villa to its board of directors. Daniel Cordalis, a member of the Navajo Nation who grew up in Durango, Colorado,...

Chaco Coalition responds to another Trump administration broken promise

Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) denied requests to suspend the public comment period on the controversial drilling plan for the Greater Chaco region, instead the agencies are planning to hold 4...

New Mexico delegation must support people, oppose Big Oil bailout

Indigenous, community and conservation groups called on New Mexico’s congressional delegation today to oppose bailing out fossil fuel companies with emergency aid during the coronavirus pandemic. In newspaper ads in the Santa Fe New Mexican and through a social media...

Diverse coalition urges New Mexico to protect Upper Pecos Watershed

The New Mexico Acequia Association, San Miguel County, the Village of Pecos, the Upper Pecos Watershed Association, and Molino de la Isla Organics LLC today are submitting a petition to the state of New Mexico to protect water quality in the Upper Pecos Watershed. The...

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