Lawsuit Challenges Last-Minute Trump Administration Grazing Decision in Oregon
For Immediate Release, February 25, 2021 Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Krupp, WildEarth Guardians (206) 417-6363; ckrupp@wildearthguardians.org Marc Fink, Center
Interior Board Overturns BLM Decisions to Use Non-Native Livestock Forage and Chaining within Historic Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 435-259-5440, kya@suwa.org Laura Welp, Western Watersheds Project, 435-899-0204, laura@westernwatersheds.org Decision finds BLM failed to consider project alternatives that
Biden’s Forest Service Hits the Brakes on Review of Trump-era Livestock Directives for Public Lands
For Immediate Release: February 16, 2021 Contacts: Josh Osher, josh@westernwatersheds.org; 406-830-3099 Chris Bugbee, cbugbee@biologicaldiversity.org; 305-498-9112 Mary O’Brien, maryobrien10@gmail.com; 541-556-8801 Conservation Groups Hopeful Process Will Trigger a First Look
Federal Judge Overturns Trump Administration’s Gutting of Sage-Grouse Protections from Mining
For Immediate Release, February 11, 2021 Contacts: Sarah Stellberg, Advocates for the West, (208) 342-7024 x209, sstellberg@advocateswest.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Michael Saul,
Conservationists signal lawsuit over National Grassland prairie dog eradication plan
For Immediate Release January 26, 2021 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 John Persell, Western Watersheds Project, (503) 896-6472 Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild,
Western group applauds President Biden’s Day One commitment to revisiting Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
For Immediate Release January 20, 2021 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On his first day in office, President
Trump Administration’s 11th Hour Approval of 2,000 Miles of Pipeline Corridors Puts Wildlife & Communities at Risk
For Immediate Release, January 20, 2021 Contact: Kelly Fuller, Western Watersheds Project, (928) 322-8449, kfuller@westernwatersheds.org Cheyenne, Wyo.― Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management approved the Wyoming
Interior Secretary seizes control, grants revoked grazing permit to Hammond Ranches
For Immediate Release January 19, 2021 Contact: Paul Ruprecht, Nevada-Oregon Director, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 421-4637, paul@westernwatersheds.org Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project,
Trump Administration Says Yes to Wildlife Extinction by Approving Thacker Pass Lithium Mine
For Immediate Release, January 15, 2021 Contact: Kelly Fuller, Western Watersheds Project, (928) 322-8449, kfuller@westernwatersheds.org Reno, Nev.― Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Wildlife, wilderness advocates challenge ‘no significant impact’ of grazing on 270K acres in NM, AZ
For immediate release: January 14, 2021 Contacts: Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, nokes@westernlaw.org Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project, 520-272-2454, cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Dana Johnson, Wilderness Watch,
Western wolf coalition challenges nationwide wolf delisting
For immediate release: January 14, 2021 Contacts: Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, nokes@westernlaw.org John Mellgren, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-0990, mellgren@westernlaw.org Erik Molvar,
Burlington Northern seeks federal permission to continue killing grizzly bears in Montana
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2021 Contacts: Sarah McMillan, WildEarth Guardians, 406-549-3895, smcmillan@wildearthguardians.org Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, 406-830-3099, josh@westernwatersheds.org Railway company applies for 7-year permit to kill 18
Trump Administration Refuses to Address Significant Flaws in its Greater Sage-Grouse Plans
For immediate release January 12, 2021 Media contacts: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project (307) 399-7910; emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Michael Saul, Center for Biological Diversity (303) 915-8308; msaul@biologicaldiversity.org
Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States
For Immediate Release, January 12, 2021 Contacts: Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (435) 259-5440, kya@suwa.org
Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States
For Immediate Release, January 12, 2021 Contacts: Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (435) 259-5440, kya@suwa.org
Advocates secure new railroad proposal for grizzlies
For immediate release: January 11, 2021 Contacts: Sarah McMillan, WildEarth Guardians, 406-549-3895, smcmillan@wildearthguardians.org Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, 406-830-3099, josh@westernwatersheds.org The U.S. Fish and
Protest the proposed grazing permit for Hammond Ranches!
January 11, 2021 On the very last day of 2020, the Trump Administration took another swing at handing Oregon public land grazing permits back to
WWP Statement on Yesterday’s Acts of Domestic Terrorism in Washington, DC
For Immediate Release January 7, 2021 Contact Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org The mob violence that swarmed the halls of the Capitol
Trump administration reissues grazing permit to Oregon arsonist ranchers
For immediate release – January 4, 2021 Media contacts: Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Sarah McMillan, Conservation Director, WildEarth Guardians
New Documents: New Mexico Rancher Who Pleaded Guilty to Bludgeoning Endangered Wolf Admitted Trapping, Beating One More
For Immediate Release, December 18, 2020 Contacts: Robin Silver, Center for Biological Diversity, (602) 799-3275, rsilver@biologicaldiversity.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— New documents
Eleventh-hour Trump Actions Prolong a “Scorched Earth” Policy that Threatens Western Public Lands
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 573-228-1061, kya@suwa.org Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, 802-299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Gwen Dobbs, Defenders of Wildlife, 202-772-0269, gdobbs@defenders.org Chris Krupp,
