Coyotes are the main target of M-44 devices. Photo George Wuerthner For years Predator Defense, a national organization, has been seeking to enact a ban on cyanide M-44 bombs used […]
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Blocking livestock-related reprisals against grizzlies on public lands
Western Watersheds Project, Alliance for the Rockies, and the Yellowstone to Uintas Connection are seeking to block the killing of up to 72 grizzly bears over the next 10 years […]
Should federal public lands be prioritized for renewable energy development?
The Wilderness Society just teamed up with Yale University to release a report promoting renewable energy development on public lands, and like the recent Michael Moore documentary Planet of the […]
NEPA overhaul seeks to cut the public out of public lands decisions
The Trump administration is stampeding ahead with a rewrite of the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This landmark law requires federal agencies to study—and let the public […]
Trump’s environmental review rollback puts ranchers in charge of public lands
*This piece is authored by Talasi Brooks, Staff Attorney at Western Watersheds Project President Trump’s proposed new rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations will not only accelerate destructive infrastructure […]
Recreational Bulldozing on Public Lands?
I recently got a survey from a mountain biking advocate asking me if I agreed with the premise that bikes belong in designated wilderness. This person justified mountain bike access […]
BLM to rip, tear, and burn huge area of public lands in southwest Idaho
Newly approved vegetation “treatment” project is questionable, expensive News release. Western Watersheds Project BOISE, Idaho — Today, the Bureau of Land Management approved a plan to log off or tear […]
Response to Rep. Tipton public lands livestock advocacy
Recently Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton was quoted during a congressional hearing of the House Natural Resource Committee recommending the government enlist ranchers and farmers to better protect federal lands. […]