Click here to register NOW for the Healthy Public Lands Conference in Salt Lake City (and Virtual) May 28-30

Category: WWP

Endangered Species Act

Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States

For Immediate Release, January 12, 2021 Contacts: Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, (802) 299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, (435) 259-5440, kya@suwa.org

January 12, 2021

WWP

Eleventh-hour Trump Actions Prolong a “Scorched Earth” Policy that Threatens Western Public Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kya Marienfeld, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 573-228-1061, kya@suwa.org Scott Lake, Center for Biological Diversity, 802-299-7495, slake@biologicaldiversity.org Gwen Dobbs, Defenders of Wildlife, 202-772-0269, gdobbs@defenders.org Chris Krupp,

December 10, 2020

WWP

Conservationists blast Forest Service prairie dog eradication plan on Thunder Basin National Grassland; Plan amendment targets keystone wildlife species for killing, dooms ferret recovery

For Immediate Release: December 1, 2020 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Forest Service today released a management plan

December 1, 2020

Livestock

Groups File Suit to Protect Half of Washington’s Bighorn Sheep; Domestic Sheep Grazing Places Bighorns at High Risk

For Immediate Release November 30, 2020 Contact Melissa Cain, Western Watersheds Project, melissa@westernwatersheds.org, 208-392-2886 Greg Dyson, WildEarth Guardians, gdyson@wildearthguardians.org, 503-730-9242 Lizzy Potter, Advocates for the West, epotter@advocateswest.org, 503-954-2721 SPOKANE,

November 30, 2020

Conservation Groups Protest Risky Plan for 2,000 Miles of New Oil, Gas, and CO2 Pipelines Across Wyoming

For Immediate Release, November 25, 2020 Contact: Kelly Fuller, Western Watersheds Project, (928) 322-8449, kfuller@westernwatersheds.org Emily Deanne, Natural Resources Defense Council, (202) 717-8288, edeanne@nrdc.org Connie

November 25, 2020

News Release

Conservationists: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Land Managers Should Adopt Stronger Measures to Prevent Conflicts, Protect People and Bears

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Contacts: Kristin Combs, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, (370) 200-3057, kristin@wyowild.org Jocelyn Leroux, Western Watersheds Project, (406) 960-4164, jocelyn@westernwatersheds.org Bonnie Rice,

November 24, 2020

Livestock

Trump Administration Recycles Slashing of Sage-grouse Protections, Opening Habitat to Drilling, Fracking Across Seven Western States

For Immediate Release, November 20, 2020 Contacts: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Michael Saul, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 915-8308, msaul@biologicaldiversity.org Sarah

November 19, 2020

News Release

Legal Protest Blasts Plan for 430 Square Miles of Fracking Leases in Wyoming

For Immediate Release, November 16, 2020 Contacts: Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Matt Nykiel, WildEarth

November 16, 2020

Wolf coalition launches challenge to nationwide wolf delisting

For Immediate Release November 9, 2020 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org John Mellgren, Western Environmental Law Center, 541-359-0990, mellgren@westernlaw.org Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental

November 9, 2020

News Release

Gray Wolf Stripped of Federal Protections; Fish and Wildlife Service removes the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, halting wolf recovery

Press Contacts: Liz Trotter 305-332-5395; etrotter@earthjustice.org Derek Goldman 406- 370-6491; dgoldman@endangered.org WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service finalized a rule removing protections for all gray

October 29, 2020

Learn more about the Western Watersheds Project!

Western Watersheds Project, Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement

March 25, 2026

New Colorado Bill Protects Beavers to Reduce Wildfire, Drought Risks

March 6, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States

March 2, 2026

Pearce refuses to recant public land selloff positions in Senate testimony

February 25, 2026

Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf

February 24, 2026

Conservation Group Protests Plan to Increase Grazing on Steens Mountain

February 23, 2026

You can make a difference!

With your donation, our efforts to save wildlife across the western portion of the United States will have a larger chance of success.

DONATE NOW

Click here to register NOW for the Healthy Public Lands Conference in Salt Lake City (and Virtual) May 28-30

Category: WWP

Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States

Eleventh-hour Trump Actions Prolong a “Scorched Earth” Policy that Threatens Western Public Lands

Conservationists blast Forest Service prairie dog eradication plan on Thunder Basin National Grassland; Plan amendment targets keystone wildlife species for killing, dooms ferret recovery

Groups File Suit to Protect Half of Washington’s Bighorn Sheep; Domestic Sheep Grazing Places Bighorns at High Risk

Conservation Groups Protest Risky Plan for 2,000 Miles of New Oil, Gas, and CO2 Pipelines Across Wyoming

Conservationists: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Land Managers Should Adopt Stronger Measures to Prevent Conflicts, Protect People and Bears

Trump Administration Recycles Slashing of Sage-grouse Protections, Opening Habitat to Drilling, Fracking Across Seven Western States

Legal Protest Blasts Plan for 430 Square Miles of Fracking Leases in Wyoming

Wolf coalition launches challenge to nationwide wolf delisting

Gray Wolf Stripped of Federal Protections; Fish and Wildlife Service removes the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, halting wolf recovery

Learn more about the Western Watersheds Project!

Western Watersheds Project, Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement

New Colorado Bill Protects Beavers to Reduce Wildfire, Drought Risks

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States

Pearce refuses to recant public land selloff positions in Senate testimony

Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf

Conservation Group Protests Plan to Increase Grazing on Steens Mountain

You can make a difference!

With your donation, our efforts to save wildlife across the western portion of the United States will have a larger chance of success.

CONTACT US

(208) 788-2290