By Laura Cunningham, California Director Western Watersheds Project An environmentally harmful bill is swiftly moving through the House of Representatives. HR 6687 would change the enabling legislation of Point Reyes […]
Federal Court Smacks Down Bundy Land-Seizure Theories
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. […]
Grazing Provisions in Bishop’s Utah Public Lands Bill Are Poison Pills
By Jonathan Ratner, Wyoming Director, Western Watersheds Project Representative Rob Bishop’s Utah Public Lands bill isn’t just a bad deal for Utahns who want to see Bears Ears protected as […]
Why let a multinational mining company graze livestock in Arizona’s precious creeks?
Summer in Arizona reminds us all of the area’s most precious habitat: riparian forests that provide cool, canopied respite from the blazing sun. The cool, clear waters and the shade […]
Two More Years of Trespass: Bundy’s Cows Still Trampling Tortoise Habitat
Reseda, CALIFORNIA – Hundreds of cattle are still on the loose two years to the day after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) began rounding up Cliven Bundy’s cattle in […]
Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Livestock Fencing in Sage-Grouse Habitat
Boise, IDAHO – Today, Western Watersheds Project filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada over its approval of new fences in important sage-grouse habitat on the […]
Cattle Grazing Increases Raven Populations that Prey on Sage grouse.
An important study released today concludes that the presence of cattle in important sage grouse habitats increases the number of ravens that prey on sage grouse and their nests by […]
Malheur was taken over by ranchers long before the Bundys came along
Casual readers of news coverage of the recent armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge might reasonably assume that the Refuge is strictly protected from livestock grazing. After all, […]