Massive Lease Sale Includes Public Land Near National Park, Wildlife Refuge RENO, Nev — The Trump administration plans to auction more than 900,000 acres for oil and gas extraction on […]
The Public Lands Collaboration Process
Why Collaboration Won’t Protect our Public Lands By Rick Meis, Halfway, OR Collaboration is a process of playing two sides off against each other in order to create enough guilt […]
Federal Judge Overturns the Political Decision to Deny Endangered Species Protection for Bison
DID YOU KNOW? The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has funneled $10,381,534 in taxpayer money for the Montana Dept. of Livestock to enforce Mont. Code […]
Northeast Idaho Sheep Grazing Stopped to Protect Wild Bighorns
Conservation groups win injunction in Sheep Experiment Station grazing lawsuit BOISE, Ida. – A federal court in Idaho blocked domestic sheep grazing in bighorn habitat on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest […]
Western Watersheds Project Wins Protections for Salmon, Steelhead, and Bull Trout in Idaho
HAILEY, Ida. – Western Watersheds Project yesterday entered into a settlement agreement with the Forest Service that gives salmon, steelhead, and bull trout spawning habitats in the upper East Fork […]
Save the elk: Shut feedlots, add wolves
By Erik Molvar Rocky Mountain elk are one of the stars of the show at Yellowstone National Park, a world-famous destination for wildlife viewing. Elk are a defining species for […]
Court Throws Out Feds’ Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of Killers of Endangered Wildlife
Flawed ‘McKittrick’ Policy Ruled Unlawful Tucson, AZ — Late yesterday, a federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s flawed ‘McKittrick Policy’ under which the government only prosecuted killers of […]
Harmful elk winter feeding Wyoming draws lawsuit
Conservation groups challenge disease-breeding feedground on public lands JACKSON, Wyoming –– Four conservation groups filed a lawsuit today to challenge the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of the Alkali Creek […]