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Category: Sage Grouse

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Congress doubles down on the politics of extinction

Photo Credit: USFWS For Immediate Release – December 20, 2022 Contact: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, (406) 830-3099 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a blow to

December 20, 2022

Environment

New Bureau of Land Management direction supports the protection of wildlife connectivity habitat in Idaho and across the West

For Immediate Release: November 16, 2022 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, 406-830-3099, josh@westernwatersheds.org Patrick Kelly, Western Watersheds Project, 208-576-4314, patrick@westernwatersheds.org BOISE, Ida.

November 16, 2022

Bighorn Sheep

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Denies Proposal for New Livestock Grazing Across 33,000 Acres in Big Win for Sage-Grouse, Other Wildlife

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 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 Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Denies

November 4, 2022

Environment

Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities

For Immediate Release September 8, 2022 Contact: Shannon Anderson, Staff Attorney, Powder River Basin Resource Council, (307) 763-0995 Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project,

September 8, 2022

Environment

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

May 17, 2022

Landscape photo with sagebrush and creek

California

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,

April 20, 2022

Endangered Species Act

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.

March 9, 2022

Environment

Conservationists: New planning process offers chance for feds to “get sage grouse conservation right”

For Immediate Release November 19, 2021 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878 WASHINGTON, D.C. –

November 19, 2021

California

Lawsuit Challenges Gold Drilling in Sage Grouse Habitat in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada

For Immediate Release, October 21, 2021 Contacts: Ileene Anderson, Center for Biological Diversity, (323) 490-0223, ianderson@biologicaldiversity.org Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Wendy Schneider Friends

October 21, 2021

Bighorn Sheep

Bureau of Land Management Grazing Decision Endangers Colorado Bighorn Sheep Herds; imperiled Gunnison sage grouse are also at risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2021 CONTACTS: Melissa Cain, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 392-2886 Greg Dyson, WildEarth Guardians, (503) 730-9242 GUNNISON, Colo. — The Bureau of

September 1, 2021

Learn more about the Western Watersheds Project!

Conservation Group Launches Investigation of Forest Service Livestock Program

April 2, 2026

Western Watersheds Project, Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement

March 25, 2026

New Colorado Bill Protects Beavers to Reduce Wildfire, Drought Risks

March 6, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States

March 2, 2026

Pearce refuses to recant public land selloff positions in Senate testimony

February 25, 2026

Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf

February 24, 2026

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Click here to register NOW for the Healthy Public Lands Conference in Salt Lake City (and Virtual) May 28-30

Category: Sage Grouse

Congress doubles down on the politics of extinction

New Bureau of Land Management direction supports the protection of wildlife connectivity habitat in Idaho and across the West

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Denies Proposal for New Livestock Grazing Across 33,000 Acres in Big Win for Sage-Grouse, Other Wildlife

Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities

Court Rules Federal Agency Wrongly Withdrew Bi-State Sage Grouse Protections

Groups Support Proposal to Protect Wildlife and Rare Species in the California’s Eastern Sierra

FY2022 BUDGET PUTS ALL OF THE SAGE GROUSE EGGS IN GROUSE PLAN BASKET BY BLOCKING ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS

Conservationists: New planning process offers chance for feds to “get sage grouse conservation right”

Lawsuit Challenges Gold Drilling in Sage Grouse Habitat in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada

Bureau of Land Management Grazing Decision Endangers Colorado Bighorn Sheep Herds; imperiled Gunnison sage grouse are also at risk

Learn more about the Western Watersheds Project!

Conservation Group Launches Investigation of Forest Service Livestock Program

Western Watersheds Project, Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement

New Colorado Bill Protects Beavers to Reduce Wildfire, Drought Risks

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States

Pearce refuses to recant public land selloff positions in Senate testimony

Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf

You can make a difference!

With your donation, our efforts to save wildlife across the western portion of the United States will have a larger chance of success.

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