Groups File Amicus Brief to Defend Right to Access Public Land Via Corner Crossing
For Immediate Release: January 12, 2023 Contacts: Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, pwheeler@earthjustice.org, 202-792-6211 Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Tenth Circuit case could confirm public’s
Settlement parties urge feds to protect climate, wildlife with amendment of Trump-era oil, gas plan for SW Colorado
For immediate release January 9, 2024 Contacts: Natasha Léger, Citizens for a Healthy Community, 970-399-9700, natasha@chc4you.org Melissa Hornbein, Western Environmental Law Center, 406-708-3058, hornbein@westernlaw.org Peter
Court denies livestock industry attempt to immediately halt wolf reintroductions
For immediate release: December 15, 2023 Media contacts: Lindsay Larris, WildEarth Guardians, 720-468-0842, llarris@wildearthguardians.org Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, nokes@westernlaw.org Allison Henderson, Center
Wildlife groups sue BNSF Railway over grizzly killings
For immediate release: December, 14, 2023 Contacts: Sarah McMillan, Western Environmental Law Center, 406-549-3895, mcmillan@westernlaw.org Pete Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-543-0018, frost@westernlaw.org Erik Molvar, Western
Lawsuit seeks to delay wolf reintroductions, undermine Colorado voters
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2023 Media Contacts: Lindsay Larris, WildEarth Guardians, llarris@wildearthguardians.org, 720-468-0842 Tom Delehanty, Earthjustice, tdelehanty@earthjustice.org, 303-996-9628 Delaney Rudy, Western Watersheds Project, delaney@westernwatersheds.org,
Asha the roaming Mexican gray wolf captured in New Mexico
For immediate release: December 11, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org SANTA FE,
Asha’s visit to northern New Mexico offers hope for recovery; Groups applaud agencies for letting Mexican gray wolf roam north of Interstate 40
For immediate release November 29, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Claire Musser, Grand
Legal Petition Seeks Ban on Shooting Wolves From Helicopters in Idaho’s National Forests
For Immediate Release, November 28, 2023 Contacts: Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 854-7748, azaccardi@biologicaldiversity.org Suzanne Stone, International Wildlife Coexistence Network, (208) 861-5177,
Monitoring reveals hundreds of livestock trespassing in Valles Caldera National Preserve
For Immediate Release: November 16, 2023 Media Contacts: Madeleine Carey, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 417-5893, mcarey@wildearthguardians.org Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 272-2454, cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Bjorn Fredrickson,
Gunnison sage-grouse groups pan draft of preferred federal plan as “surprisingly weak”
Photo courtesy of Noppadol Paothong For Immediate Release, November 9, 2023 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Lindsay Larris, WildEarth Guardians, (310)
Conservation Groups Formally Ask for Mexican Gray Wolf ‘Asha’ To Remain Free
For immediate release: November 7, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project (928)202 1325 claire@gcwolfrecovery.org
Idaho poised to hire private contractor to shoot wolves from aircraft
For Immediate Release: November 6, 2023 Media Contacts: Talasi Brooks, Western Watersheds Project (208)336-9077, tbrooks@westernwatersheds.org Suzanne Asha Stone International Wildlife Coexistence Network, Cofounder, Blaine County Idaho Wood River Wolf
Wildlife advocates urge agencies to let roaming Mexican gray wolf “Asha” go where she needs
For immediate release: November 2, 2023 Media contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177 csmith@wildearthguardians.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, 575-313-7017 michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Greta Anderson, Western
Federal Court Finds Biological Opinion Ignored How Climate Change Will Exacerbate Harm to Imperiled Frogs from Cattle Grazing in Oregon
For Immediate Release October 27, 2023 Contact: Adam Bronstein, Western Watersheds Project, (541) 595-8034, adam@westernwatersheds.org Lizzy Potter, Advocates for the West, (503) 954-2721, epotter@advocateswest.org George
Northern California plan released, must protect salmon, wolves, and wildlife connectivity
For Immediate Release: September 29, 2023 Contact: Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org REDDING, Calif.— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a notice that
Greens Raise Concerns about Proposed Federal Rule for Wolf Recovery in Colorado
For Immediate Release – September 15, 2023 Media Contact : Michael Saul, Western Watersheds Project, 303-915-8308; michael@westernwatersheds.org DENVER – Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Conservationists challenge failure to deliver desert tortoise protections in southern Nevada
For Immediate Release: September 13, 2023 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project (307)399-7910; emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Cliven Bundy’s trespassing cattle, industrial solar facilities overtaking conservation lands are at
Lawsuit Demands BLM Step Up Range Health Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Contact Chandra Rosenthal [PEER] (303) 898-0798, crosenthal@peer.org Josh Osher [Western Watershed Project] (406) 830-3099, josh@westernwatersheds.org; Laurie Rule [Advocates for
WWP Achieves New Protections for Mexican Gray Wolves
Western Watersheds Project’s work has helped deal one more blow to the livestock industry’s war on wolves. New guidance issued by USDA’s Wildlife Services this
Feds strengthen requirements for determining Mexican gray wolf predation of livestock
For immediate release August 29, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878;greta@westernwatersheds.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Chris Smith,
Appeals Court Strikes Down Forest Service Approval of Gold Drilling in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada
For Immediate Release, August 28, 2023 Contact:Wendy Schneider, Friends of the Inyo, (310) 849-3662, wendy@friendsoftheinyo.org Ileene Anderson, Center for Biological Diversity, (323) 490-0223, ianderson@biologicaldiversity.org Laura Cunningham, Western
