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
Court Order Sought to Block Clear-Cutting Project Near Nevada’s Great Basin National Park
For Immediate Release, August 23, 2023 Contact: Megan Backsen, Western Watersheds Project, (719) 207-2493, megan@westernwatersheds.org Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org
New Information Shows Fewer than Four Collared Mexican Gray Wolves in the Wild in Mexico
For immediate release August 22, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177; csmith@wildearthguardians.org Michael Robinson, Center
More than 150,000 people called on Biden Administration to Fully Restore Endangered Species Act
CONTACTS Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice, (585) 402-2005 jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Tara Thornton, Endangered Species Coalition, (207) 504-2705 Alex Katz, Environmental Defense Center, (805) 963-1622, akatz@environmentaldefensecenter.org Joe Bushyhead, WildEarth
NEW PLAN FOR IDAHO’S PUBLIC LANDS FAILS TO HALT HARMFUL LIVESTOCK AUTHORIZATIONS
For immediate release, August 21, 2023 Media contact: Greg LeDonne, Western Watersheds Project (208)779-2079; greg@westernwatersheds.org BOISE, Ida. – Late last week, the Bureau of Land
Court Overturns Harmful Livestock Grazing Plan on Sonoran Desert National Monument
For Immediate Release – August 10, 2023 Media Contacts: Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 272-2454, cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Sandy Bahr, Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra
Court Overturns Harmful Livestock Grazing Plan on Sonoran Desert National Monument
August 10, 2023 Western Watersheds Project and the Sierra Club-Grand Canyon Chapter, represented by Advocates for the West, won a lawsuit that stops livestock
WWP helps stop massive insecticide spraying project in New Mexico
Thanks to intervention by the Western Watersheds Project, the Xerces Society and others, the Bureau of Land Management announced their decision to halt a federal
House Republicans Advance Bill to Gut Environmental Protections, Harm Wildlife, and Threaten Human Health
For Immediate Release July 20, 2023 Contact: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, (406) 220-2883 Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 Washington, DC –
Congressional ‘Extinction Rider’ Seeks to Gut Imperiled Birds’ Protections
For Immediate Release, July 17, 2023 Photo Credit: USDA-NRCS Gary Kramer Contact: Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Ileene Anderson, Center for Biological Diversity,
Conservation groups demand strengthening of Conservation Rule to achieve climate, biodiversity goals
For Immediate Release: July 6, 2023 Media Contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, (406) 830-3099, josh@westernwatersheds.org Madeleine Carey, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 417-5893, mcarey@wildearthguardians.org Chandra Rosenthal,
