On February 27th, Judge Gloria Navarro of the U.S. District Court of Nevada handed down a ruling with major implications for Cliven Bundy and his allies in the land-seizure movement. […]
Group Challenges Failure to Protect Sage Grouse, Rare Fishes in Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges
PORTLAND, Ore. – Western Watersheds Project, a nonprofit environmental group, has launched a legal challenge to a management plan for five National Wildlife Refuges in the Klamath Basin of Oregon […]
Lawsuit Fights Special Interest Loopholes in Greater Sage-Grouse Plans
Conservation Groups seek to restore science-based habitat protections on public lands BOISE, Idaho— Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit over more than a dozen greater sage- grouse plans produced by federal agencies that […]
Lawsuit Challenges Government’s Large-scale Wildlife Killing in Idaho
Killing Thousands of Animals Each Year Violates Environmental Laws BOISE, Idaho— Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit today over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s failure to fully analyze and disclose […]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Lynx From Traps in Idaho
Increase in State-permitted Fur Trapping Leads to Illegal Trapping of Wild Cat BOISE, Idaho— Three conservation groups initiated a lawsuit today against the Governor of Idaho and other state officials […]
WWP and BFC file to intervene in bison lawsuit
This week Western Watersheds Project and Buffalo Field Campaign filed to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Park County and the Park County Stockgrowers Association which oppose the state plan […]
Feds, environmental groups file arguments on wolf recovery with Molloy
Molloy asked whether the 10(j) rule is even applicable Parties to the lawsuit challenging the changes made to the 10(j) rule for the experimental, non-essential populations of wolves in Central […]
WWP Sues to Stop Fast Tracked Ivanpah Power Plant in California
Endangered Desert Tortoise Further Imperiled by Remote Solar Plant For several months we’ve been covering the progress of the, now approved, solar power plant at Ivanpah near Las Vegas on […]