Another livestock industry legal theory shot down by the courts!
Image: Mexican wolf at Minnesota Zoo May 20, 2022 For almost four years, Western Watersheds Project has been advocating for justice for a Mexican gray
Legal Protests Target Biden’s Plans To Resume Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands
Photo by Jeff Foster, courtesy of Flickr For Immediate Release, May 18, 2022 Contacts: Natasha Léger, Citizens for a Healthy Community, (970) 399-9700, natasha@chc4you.org Melissa
Court Rules Federal Agency Wrongly Withdrew Bi-State Sage Grouse Protections
For Immediate Release, May 17, 2022 Contacts: Ileene Anderson, Center for Biological Diversity, (323) 490-0223, ianderson@biologicaldiversity.org Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Joe Bushyhead, WildEarth
Anti-wildlife politicians demand removal of denning wolf family
For immediate release May 11, 2022 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505)395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation
Legal Appeal Aims to Defend Wyoming’s Path of the Pronghorn From Massive Fracking Project
Photo by Gregory Nickerson, University of Wyoming For Immediate Release, May 10, 2022 Contacts: Wendy Park, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 844-7138, wpark@biologicaldiversity.org Linda Baker,
TAKE ACTION: Help Save Tule Elk on Pt. Reyes National Seashore
View this email in your browser Help Save Tule Elk on Pt. Reyes National Seashore (Deadline May 9, 2022) May 4, 2022 The National Park
TAKE ACTION: Help Save Tule Elk on Pt. Reyes National Seashore (Due May 9, 2022)
View this email in your browser May 4, 2022 The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public comments for the Tomales Point Area Plan, which
An Earth Day Message, April 22, 2022
Image: Sunrise on the Camas Prairie by Charles Knowles, courtesy of Flickr An Earth Day Message A lot of environmental work is defending the last
Groups Support Proposal to Protect Wildlife and Rare Species in the California’s Eastern Sierra
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2022 Contacts: Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Lisa Belenky, Center for Biological Diversity (415-385-5694) lbelenky@biologicaldiversity.org BRIDGEPORT,
Ag industry genetically engineers “lollipop cows”
Graphic courtesy E.Molvar/WWP In an effort to improve the livestock industry’s public image, researchers at Utah State University have produced a breed of genetically modified
Conservationists Demand End to Elk Confinement Under Tomales Point Area Plan
For Immediate Release, March 31, 2022 Contact: Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Chance Cutrano, Resource Renewal Institute, (312) 403-3702, ccutrano@rri.org POINT REYES, Calif.— The National Park
Mexican gray wolves see a small boost in numbers but still teeter on the brink of extinction
For Immediate Release: March 30, 2022 Contacts: Kelly Burke, Executive Director, Wild Arizona, (928) 606-7870; kelly@wildarizona.org Greta Anderson, Deputy Director, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878;
New StoryMap shows how the Bureau of Land Management is neglecting environmental reviews
Western Watersheds Project has prepared an analysis of the public lands grazing permit renewals across the western U.S. and determined that the Bureau of Land
Five Years After ‘Cyanide Bomb’ Injures Idaho Teen, Efforts Continue to Ban Deadly Devices
For Immediate Release, March 16, 2022 Contact: Brooks Fahy, Predator Defense, (541) 520-6003, brooks@predatordefense.org Collette Adkins, Center for Biological Diversity, (651) 955-3821, cadkins@biologicaldiversity.org Carson Barylak,
FY2022 BUDGET PUTS ALL OF THE SAGE GROUSE EGGS IN GROUSE PLAN BASKET BY BLOCKING ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS
For immediate release: March 9, 2022 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Steve Holmer, American Bird Conservancy (202)744-6549; sholmer@abcbirds.org WASHINGTON, D.C.
New Petition Seeks Emergency Protections for Northern Rockies Wolves
For immediate release March 1, 2021 Contact: Suzanne Asha Stone, executive Director, International Wildlife Coexistence Network, Suzanne@WildlifeCoexistence.org (208) 861-5177 Talasi Brooks, Western Watersheds Project, tbrooks@westernwatersheds.org;
Take Action! Yellowstone Bison need your voice!
February 9, 2022 The National Park Service (NPS) has initiated the Yellowstone National Park (YNP) Bison Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement to guide management of the Park’s
Judge restores gray wolf protections, reviving federal recovery efforts
Wolves in Northern Rockies still face brutal slaughter For immediate release: February 10, 2022 Contacts: Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, nokes@westernlaw.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds
Federal judge restores protections to gray wolves, reviving federal recovery efforts
Photo courtesy NPS February 10, 2022 Today, we won our lawsuit to overturn the Trump administration’s nationwide removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray
Green Groups Concerned for Iconic Desert Species as Fish and Wildlife Service Denies Federal Protections for Sonoran Desert Tortoise
For immediate release February 7, 2022 Media contacts: Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project; (520) 272-2454; cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Joe Bushyhead, WildEarth Guardians; (505) 660-0284; jbushyhead@wildearthguardians.org TUCSON, Ariz. – The U.S.
PUBLIC LANDS GRAZING FEE ANNOUNCED; Biden Administration Continues to Subsidize the Destruction of the American West
For immediate release: Feb. 1, 2022 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project; 406-830-3099; josh@westernwatersheds.org HAMILTON, Mont. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management and the
