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Executive Director’s 2017 Year-End Letter

Just over one year ago, we made a commitment to you: to wield the power of the law to vigorously defend the American West's public lands, wildlife, and communities. We’re proud to report to you that we’ve made great progress. Leveraging the essential right of American...

Feds Stop Using Cruel Tools to Kill Colorado Wildlife 

Denver, CO— Today, in response to a lawsuit challenging its activities in Colorado, Wildlife Services, the federal wildlife killing program, agreed to complete a new environmental analysis and end the use of many of its most controversial killing tools in the interim....

Citizen and conservation groups challenge drilling near Paonia

PAONIA, CO — On Friday, Oct. 20, a broad coalition of groups filed a complaint challenging a 146-well Bureau of Land Management (BLM) master development plan (MDP) 30 miles northeast of Paonia in Colorado's Bull Mountain Unit. The coalition includes four citizen and...

WELC now accepting applications for summer 2018 legal interns

The Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) is accepting applications from law students currently in their second or third year of law school (2L or 3L) for summer 2018 legal internship positions to work with our attorneys in these locations: Helena, Montana; and...

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