- November 15, 2024
Conservation groups demand justice after Mexican wolf near Flagstaff found dead - November 13, 2024
Court Rules Bureau Failed to Take a “Hard Look” at Grazing Impacts on 24 Livestock Allotments in CO - November 12, 2024
Conservation Groups File Notice to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over Failure to Protect Endangered Springsnail - November 12, 2024
Court rules federal program that kills grizzly bears and other wildlife in Montana violated the law - November 8, 2024
Proposed Sage Grouse Amendments will continue Sage Grouse Extinction Spiral - October 28, 2024
Court Strikes Down WY Nat’l Grassland Plan to Kill Prairie Dogs, Eliminate Black-Footed Ferret Restoration - October 7, 2024
Flagstaff Wolf Removal Violates Endangered Species Act, Conservationists Warn - October 3, 2024
Government Goes After Flagstaff Wolf Family - October 2, 2024
Greens Sue BLM for Neglecting Livestock and Blaming Horses for Land Health Issues - September 30, 2024
Greens File Protest Plan for Massive Solar Development on Public Lands - September 18, 2024
More Than 80 Conservation Groups Call on Members of Congress To Oppose New House Bill Targeting Endangered Species Act - September 16, 2024
Court ruling halts 5,000-well oil and gas drilling project in eastern Wyoming - September 16, 2024
Millions of Dollars to Benefit Sage Grouse, Other Wildlife Delivered by Caldwell Canyon Mine Agreement - September 10, 2024
New Transmission Line Ensures Destructive Energy Development on Great Basin’s Public Lands - September 9, 2024
Copper Creek Wolf family captured; one wolf dead, survivors taken into captivity - September 6, 2024
Bureau of Land Management Targets Crucial Desert Tortoise Habitat for Solar Development - August 28, 2024
Colorado’s only Wolf Pack to be Captured, Relocated after Coexistence Failure from Ranchers - August 21, 2024
Hollywood filmmaker, enviros and journalists urge PBS to Correct Errors in “Human Footprint” Episode - August 16, 2024
Wild Horse and Environmental Groups File Notice of Appeal to Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest-Ever Eradication of Wild Horses - August 14, 2024
Lawsuit Launched to Protect World’s Smallest Rabbit in Eight Western States - August 8, 2024
Wolf Supporters to Rally Friday at Arizona Game Commission Meeting in Flagstaff - August 7, 2024
Montana’s Arctic Grayling Get New Shot at Endangered Species Protection - August 1, 2024
Letter Urges Agencies to Keep Mexican Wolves in Grand Canyon Ecosystem - July 31, 2024
USFWS Delays Decision on Grizzly Bear Protections, Casting Uncertainty on Future Conservation - July 30, 2024
Student Group Names Wandering Mexican Wolf “Hope” - July 29, 2024
Conservation Groups Request Protection from Solar Energy Sprawl in Nevada - July 25, 2024
USFWS: Mexican Wolf Asha denied freedom for failure to breed - July 25, 2024
Statement from Western Watersheds Project on Yellowstone Bison Management Plan - July 25, 2024
Data Analysis: Sage-Grouse Recovery Imperiled by Overgrazing - July 18, 2024
Wildlife advocates celebrate wolf dispersal, decry capture of female lobo - July 15, 2024
Advocates launch legal action to prevent grizzly bear deaths at bait stations - July 12, 2024
Western Watersheds Project Staff Announce Formation and Recognition of Western Watersheds Workers Union - June 28, 2024
House Committee Passes Spending Bill Attacking Public Lands and Wildlife - June 25, 2024
NGOs Urge USFWS to Release Mexican Gray Wolves as Families - June 24, 2024
Conservation Increased on Public Lands in NW California With New Areas of Critical Environmental Concern - June 20, 2024
Grizzly Bear Death at Bait Station Precisely What Conservation Groups’ Lawsuit Hoped to Prevent - June 13, 2024
Feds Urged to Strengthen Sage Grouse Protections to Prevent Extinction - June 4, 2024
Santa Fe Nat’l Forest sued for trespass livestock on Valles Caldera National Preserve - May 30, 2024
Oregon Conservation Coalition Requests Oregon Wildlife Commission Close Federal Lands to Beaver Trapping - May 22, 2024
Wildlife Activists Urge Continued Grizzly Bear Protections - May 21, 2024
Appeals Court Reverses USFS Approval of Gold Drilling in Calif. Eastern Sierra Nevada - May 21, 2024
CO Coalition Applauds Governor Polis’ Signing of Wolverine Reintroduction Bill - May 16, 2024
Much of U.S. Rangeland in Poor Ecological Condition - May 14, 2024
Conservation Groups Sue FWS Over Grazing at Red Rock Lakes Nat’l Wildlife Refuge - April 30, 2024
Greens applaud translocation of Mexican gray wolves to southeastern Arizona - March 14, 2024
CONSERVATION GROUPS GIVE A ‘THUMBS DOWN’ TO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSED SAGE GROUSE PLAN - February 14, 2024
BREAKING: Scientific report reveals livestock as the key factor in cheatgrass spread - February 7, 2024
Rare springsnail threatened by Thacker Pass Lithium Mine takes step toward ESA listing - February 7, 2024
Conservation Groups Initiate Legal Action Against Feds for Failing to Protect Wolves - February 2, 2024
Feds Find Western Wolves Unworthy of Endangered Species Act Protection; Conservation Groups Prepare for Legal Action - January 24, 2024
Pygmy Rabbit One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection - January 10, 2024
Settlement parties urge feds to protect climate, wildlife with amendment of Trump-era oil, gas plan for SW Colorado - December 19, 2023
Court denies livestock industry attempt to immediately halt wolf reintroductions - December 14, 2023
Wildlife groups sue BNSF Railway over grizzly killings - December 12, 2023
Lawsuit seeks to delay wolf reintroductions, undermine Colorado voters - December 11, 2023
Asha the roaming Mexican gray wolf captured in New Mexico - November 29, 2023
Asha’s visit to northern New Mexico offers hope for recovery; Groups applaud agencies for letting Mexican gray wolf roam north of Interstate 40 - November 28, 2023
Legal Petition Seeks Ban on Shooting Wolves From Helicopters in Idaho’s National Forests - November 16, 2023
Monitoring reveals hundreds of livestock trespassing in Valles Caldera National Preserve - November 9, 2023
Gunnison sage-grouse groups pan draft of preferred federal plan as “surprisingly weak” - November 7, 2023
Conservation Groups Formally Ask for Mexican Gray Wolf ‘Asha’ To Remain Free - November 6, 2023
Idaho poised to hire private contractor to shoot wolves from aircraft - November 2, 2023
Wildlife advocates urge agencies to let roaming Mexican gray wolf “Asha” go where she needs - October 27, 2023
Federal Court Finds Biological Opinion Ignored How Climate Change Will Exacerbate Harm to Imperiled Frogs from Cattle Grazing in Oregon - September 29, 2023
Northern California plan released, must protect salmon, wolves, and wildlife connectivity - September 15, 2023
Greens Raise Concerns about Proposed Federal Rule for Wolf Recovery in Colorado - September 14, 2023
Conservationists challenge failure to deliver desert tortoise protections in southern Nevada - September 13, 2023
Lawsuit Demands BLM Step Up Range Health Protections - August 29, 2023
Feds strengthen requirements for determining Mexican gray wolf predation of livestock - August 28, 2023
Appeals Court Strikes Down Forest Service Approval of Gold Drilling in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada - August 23, 2023
Court Order Sought to Block Clear-Cutting Project Near Nevada’s Great Basin National Park - August 22, 2023
New Information Shows Fewer than Four Collared Mexican Gray Wolves in the Wild in Mexico - August 21, 2023
More than 150,000 people called on Biden Administration to Fully Restore Endangered Species Act - August 21, 2023
NEW PLAN FOR IDAHO’S PUBLIC LANDS FAILS TO HALT HARMFUL LIVESTOCK AUTHORIZATIONS - August 10, 2023
Court Overturns Harmful Livestock Grazing Plan on Sonoran Desert National Monument - July 20, 2023
House Republicans Advance Bill to Gut Environmental Protections, Harm Wildlife, and Threaten Human Health - July 17, 2023
Congressional ‘Extinction Rider’ Seeks to Gut Imperiled Birds’ Protections - July 6, 2023
Conservation groups demand strengthening of Conservation Rule to achieve climate, biodiversity goals - June 14, 2023
Asha, wandering Mexican wolf captured near Taos last winter, returned to wild - June 13, 2023
New settlement aims to protect Washington’s iconic bighorn sheep herds from disease outbreaks - June 5, 2023
Federal Judge Nixes Approval of Idaho Phosphate Mine - June 1, 2023
Groups say Biden grouse plan must increase habitat protections - May 30, 2023
Proposed Greenlink Transmission Lines Would Industrialize Nevada’s Outback and Harm Sage Grouse - May 25, 2023
Court Overturns Federal Authorization to Kill 72 Grizzlies Near Yellowstone - May 24, 2023
New Report: Recent Forest Service Grazing Decision and Mismanagement in Yellowstone Ecosystem Promote Habitat Destruction - May 10, 2023
Environmental/Wild Horse Advocates File Lawsuit over Government Plan to Eradicate One-Third of Wyoming’s Wild Horse Population - May 3, 2023
Wolf Advocates Praise Colorado’s Progress Towards Restoration, but Object to New Rules’ Unscientific Reliance on Killing Wolves - April 27, 2023
Bi-State Sage Grouse Get Another Chance for Endangered Species Act Protections - April 21, 2023
Wolf advocates cite continued concerns with reintroduction delays as Senate Bill 256 goes to the House - April 17, 2023
Government Agents Kill Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Father, Threatening Pack’s Survival - April 7, 2023
Federal Managers Authorize Cattle in San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - April 1, 2023
First-ever regenerative cattle unveiled at White Sands Missile Range - March 23, 2023
Lawsuit Targets Federal Deforestation Project Near Nevada National Park - March 23, 2023
Western Conservationists Blast “Extinction Bills” Unveiled at House Resources Hearing - March 21, 2023
Conservation Groups Celebrate New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument - March 20, 2023
Conservation groups granted intervention to defend Utah national monuments - March 8, 2023
BLM Oil Exemptions Threaten Sage Grouse in Wyoming - March 7, 2023
Federal Review Shows Continued Decline of ESA-listed Lahontan Cutthroat Trout - March 6, 2023
Petition Seeks to Protect Pygmy Rabbit Under Endangered Species Act - March 1, 2023
Ninth Circuit Green-lights Imminent Destruction of Thacker Pass - February 28, 2023
CONSERVATION GROUPS CELEBRATE RECORD MEXICAN WOLF POPULATION BUT CAUTION AGAINST USING NUMBERS ALONE TO MEASURE RECOVERY - February 27, 2023
Conservation Groups Ask Ninth Circuit to Block Destruction at Thacker Pass - February 27, 2023
Large Coalition of Nonprofit Organizations, Scientists, and Advocates Call on President Biden to Protect Beaver on Federal Public Lands - February 22, 2023
Coloradans strongly support wolf restoration at Denver meeting - February 16, 2023
Proposed Federal Rule for Colorado Wolf Restoration Falls Short - February 10, 2023
New study shows National Park wolves suffer pack disruption from hunting, lethal control when allowed outside Park boundaries - February 7, 2023
Court rules the Bureau of Land Management broke the law in approving Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - February 6, 2023
Idaho unveils plan to kill two-thirds of the state’s wolf population - February 2, 2023
Celebrating 50 Years of Endangered Species Act Success - February 1, 2023
Cheaper than ever: Federal public land grazing fees stay low despite inflation and climate costs - January 30, 2023
Lawsuit Seeks Lifesaving Protections for Montana’s Arctic Grayling - January 26, 2023
Federal Judge Finds BLM Imperiled Sage Grouse, Broke Environmental Laws in Approving Idaho Phosphate Mine - January 23, 2023
Conservation groups dismayed by agency removal of wandering wolf Asha - January 20, 2023
Feds Must Re-Analyze Impacts of Colville N.F. Cattle Grazing on Endangered Species - January 19, 2023
Conservation groups urge federal and state agencies to allow Mexican gray wolf “Asha” to continue her travels in northern New Mexico - January 18, 2023
Time’s up! Wolf Advocates Notify Feds of Upcoming Lawsuit Over Missed Deadline - January 18, 2023
Federal wildlife-killing program challenged in Montana - January 11, 2023
Conservationists celebrate northward-roaming Mexican gray wolf - January 5, 2023
Caught ignoring its own sage grouse scientists, BLM forced to withdraw grazing decision for massive 270,000-acre allotment in Southeast Idaho - January 3, 2023
Conservation and Public Accountability Groups to argue the Illegality of the proposed Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - December 22, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Once Again Greenlights Harmful Grazing in San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - December 20, 2022
Congress doubles down on the politics of extinction - December 8, 2022
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS ASKED TO EXTEND THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR STATEWIDE GRIZZLY BEAR MANAGEMENT PLAN - December 8, 2022
Conservation Groups Seek to Protect Mexican Gray Wolves by Listing Coyotes as Endangered in Parts of Arizona and New Mexico - December 1, 2022
Greens initiate lawsuit over harmful effects of Bundy cattle, solar farms on desert tortoises - November 30, 2022
Western conservation group hails Biden commitment to establish Avi Kwa Ame as a National Monument - November 22, 2022
Conservation groups intervene to protect Utah monuments, Antiquities Act - November 16, 2022
New Bureau of Land Management direction supports the protection of wildlife connectivity habitat in Idaho and across the West - November 11, 2022
Conservationists Blast Bureau of Land Management for Proposal to Reauthorize Cattle in Alvord Desert - November 4, 2022
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Denies Proposal for New Livestock Grazing Across 33,000 Acres in Big Win for Sage-Grouse, Other Wildlife - October 24, 2022
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Montana’s Arctic Grayling; Climate Change, Depleted River Flows Threaten Struggling Fish - October 21, 2022
Conservation Group Blasts Forest Service Decision that Puts Cows in the Salt River Canyon Wilderness Area - October 19, 2022
Conservation groups initiate legal action over trespass livestock grazing in Valles Caldera National Preserve - October 18, 2022
Mexican gray wolf found dead near Winston, New Mexico - October 7, 2022
Long-Term Protection Sought for Crucial Desert Tortoise Habitat in Nevada - October 3, 2022
Wildlife Advocates Challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over Rule that Fails Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves - September 12, 2022
Lawsuit Aims to Protect Grizzlies from Expanded Grazing in Montana’s Paradise Valley - September 9, 2022
WWP petitions rare springsnail endangered by lithium mining for ESA listing - September 8, 2022
Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities - September 6, 2022
Court rejects Wyoming, industry challenge to Biden administration postponement of oil, gas lease sales - August 31, 2022
New Colorado poll: Don’t trophy hunt or trap gray wolves - August 25, 2022
Conservation Groups Respond to Utah Lawsuit Challenging National Monuments Restoration - August 12, 2022
Legal Agreement Blocks Oil, Gas Leasing on 2.2 Million Acres in Colorado; Bureau of Land Management to Reconsider Plan, Protect Gunnison Sage Grouse - August 9, 2022
Conservationists hail scientists’ western rewilding blueprint as “a major call to action” to the Biden Administration - August 5, 2022
Lawsuit Challenges Washington’s Failure to Enact Wolf Management Rules - August 2, 2022
New settlement seeks livestock reforms on the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - July 27, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Walks Back Alvord Desert Grazing Plan - July 19, 2022
Wildlife advocates, hunters, anglers challenge Helena National Forest’s scrapping of longstanding wildlife protections - July 18, 2022
Conservationists, wildlife advocates put forward “Colorado Wolf Restoration Plan” - July 8, 2022
WA Fish and Wildlife Commission Fails to Regulate Wolf-Livestock Conflict Management - July 1, 2022
Lawsuit Launched to Challenge New Federal Rule that Fails to Recover Mexican Gray Wolves - June 30, 2022
New Legal Settlement Protects Coyotes, Wolves in Idaho - June 29, 2022
Lawsuit Challenges Biden’s Resumption of Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands - June 10, 2022
Groups Appeal Wyoming Court’s Decision to Allow the Killing of 72 Grizzly Bears on the Bridger-Teton National Forest - June 1, 2022
Wyoming Elk Feedgrounds Plan Must Prioritize Phase-out of Artificial Feeding - May 24, 2022
Conservationists blast Bitterroot Front logging proposal - May 18, 2022
Legal Protests Target Biden’s Plans To Resume Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands - May 17, 2022
Court Rules Federal Agency Wrongly Withdrew Bi-State Sage Grouse Protections - May 11, 2022
Anti-wildlife politicians demand removal of denning wolf family - May 10, 2022
Legal Appeal Aims to Defend Wyoming’s Path of the Pronghorn From Massive Fracking Project - April 20, 2022
Groups Support Proposal to Protect Wildlife and Rare Species in the California’s Eastern Sierra - April 1, 2022
Conservationists Demand End to Elk Confinement Under Tomales Point Area Plan - March 30, 2022
Mexican gray wolves see a small boost in numbers but still teeter on the brink of extinction - March 24, 2022
New StoryMap shows how the Bureau of Land Management is neglecting environmental reviews - March 16, 2022
Five Years After ‘Cyanide Bomb’ Injures Idaho Teen, Efforts Continue to Ban Deadly Devices - March 1, 2022
New Petition Seeks Emergency Protections for Northern Rockies Wolves - February 10, 2022
Judge restores gray wolf protections, reviving federal recovery efforts - February 7, 2022
Green Groups Concerned for Iconic Desert Species as Fish and Wildlife Service Denies Federal Protections for Sonoran Desert Tortoise - February 1, 2022
PUBLIC LANDS GRAZING FEE ANNOUNCED; Biden Administration Continues to Subsidize the Destruction of the American West - January 13, 2022
Yellowstone bison get another shot at ESA listing after federal judge agrees with wildlife protection groups - January 13, 2022
$16,500 Reward Offered for Info on Wolf Killed Illegally in Oregon’s Wallowa County - January 10, 2022
Lawsuit Challenges Point Reyes Ranching, Elk-Killing Plan - January 7, 2022
Mexican gray wolf “Anubis” killed on National Forest land in Northern Arizona - January 3, 2022
WOLF-KILLING RANCHER ORDERED BY COURT TO REMOVE COWS AND PAY TRESPASS FINES FOR UNLAWFUL FOREST GRAZING - December 6, 2021
Lawsuit Challenges Idaho Wolf Trapping Laws That Endanger Grizzlies, Lynx - November 30, 2021
Huge Rally for Point Reyes National Seashore & Tule Elk at San Francisco’s Crissy Field - November 19, 2021
Conservationists: New planning process offers chance for feds to “get sage grouse conservation right” - November 18, 2021
Groups sue over plan to poison prairie dogs and eliminate black-footed ferret habitat on Thunder Basin National Grassland - October 28, 2021
Lawsuit Launched Against Feds for Failure to Recover Black-Footed Ferret in Wyoming - October 27, 2021
MEXICAN GRAY WOLF “ANUBIS” RETURNS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA - October 21, 2021
Lawsuit Challenges Gold Drilling in Sage Grouse Habitat in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada - October 8, 2021
President Biden Restores Protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments - October 6, 2021
Biden Administration Defends Wildlife Services’ Killing of Wolf Pups in Idaho - September 22, 2021
Conservation Groups Win Against Elk-Harming Feedgrounds - September 16, 2021
BLM Withdraws Decision Allowing Grazing in California Area Protected for Desert Tortoises - September 15, 2021
WWP press statement on positive 90-day finding for western wolves - September 13, 2021
Point Reyes National Seashore Final Plan: Diversify Agriculture; Haze and Kill Tule Elk - September 2, 2021
Ninth Circuit Court Affirms Grazing Permit Denial - September 1, 2021
Bureau of Land Management Grazing Decision Endangers Colorado Bighorn Sheep Herds; imperiled Gunnison sage grouse are also at risk - August 18, 2021
Western Watersheds Project Wins Grazing Lease in Sawtooth Valley - August 11, 2021
Greens: Proposed Mineral Withdrawal Insufficient for Declining Sage Grouse - August 4, 2021
Conservation Groups Ask Secretary Vilsack to Stop Government Killing of Wolf Pups - August 4, 2021
Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Prioritizing Livestock Over Wildlife in the Midst of Statewide Drought - July 29, 2021
70 groups formally petition to re-list wolves as “endangered” throughout the West - July 19, 2021
Groups File Promise to Challenge Idaho’s New Harmful Wolf Hunting Laws - July 19, 2021
Grazing permits on Colville National Forest threaten imperiled bull trout - July 16, 2021
Conservation Groups to Sec. Vilsack: Tell the Forest Service to Reduce Harmful Livestock Grazing in the Drought-stricken West - July 15, 2021
Controversial NPS Ranching Plan for Point Reyes Seashore Delayed; “Complications” in Washington D.C. - July 7, 2021
NEW: Indigenous-Directed Short Film Asks Interior Secretary Haaland to Return Federal Protections to Gray Wolves - June 29, 2021
Lawsuit Says Livestock Grazing Incompatible with Resource Protection on the Sonoran Desert National Monument - June 25, 2021
Federal court rejects crucial aspects of revised forest plan for Flathead National Forest - June 24, 2021
ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT WON’T LET WOLVES BE WILD - June 23, 2021
Groups File Legal Notice Over Montana Wolf Trapping’s Threat to Grizzlies, Lynx - June 17, 2021
$15,000 Reward Offered for Info on Wolf Poaching in Stevens County; Shooting Death of Female Wolf Marks End of Washington’s Wedge Pack - June 15, 2021
Feds Plan Insecticide Sprays Across 2.6 Million Acres of Montana Grasslands, Threatening Pollinators and Organic Farms - June 10, 2021
Judge halts drilling on sage grouse leases from four Trump-era oil and gas auctions - June 10, 2021
Groups to Biden: Halt New Oil Drilling, Cancel Trump Leases on Public Lands - June 9, 2021
Conservationists seek Forest Service protections for wolves in ID, MT wilderness - June 8, 2021
News Release: Digging Further Delayed at the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Site - May 28, 2021
Feds Plan to Spray Insecticide on 30,000 Acres of Wildlife Habitat on Public Lands in Oregon to Increase Forage for Private Livestock - May 27, 2021
Conservation and Public Accountability Groups Ask Court to Block Construction of the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - May 20, 2021
NEWS: Conservation organizations call for urgent grizzly bear protections - May 19, 2021
Idaho Department of Fish and Game Spent $67,000 in FY21 to Kill 22 Wolves—Average Cost of $3,000 per Wolf - May 11, 2021
Biden’s Bureau of Land Management resumes planning to protect sage grouse on millions of acres - May 7, 2021
Idaho Governor Signs Anti-Wolf Bill, Joining Montana in Race to Exterminate Wolves - April 23, 2021
Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission Votes to Move Sage Grouse Onto the State Endangered Species List - April 20, 2021
Diverse Coalition of 21 Moves to Defend Biden Administration’s Oil, Gas Leasing Pause; Motion backs the Biden administration’s legality in pausing federal onshore, offshore leasing - April 16, 2021
Judge Rules Against Federal Sheep Station Grazing in Idaho’s Centennial Mountains - April 9, 2021
Conservation Groups Petition Park Service to Tear Down Elk Fence at Point Reyes - April 6, 2021
Montana Survey Reveals Widespread Support for Grizzly Bears; Public misconceptions remain regarding conflict management - April 5, 2021
Energy Development Endangers Rare Plant, Agency Finds - April 2, 2021
ELK DEATHS MOUNT AT POINT REYES SEASHORE . CAUSE OF DEATH: POLITICS - March 26, 2021
Wolf-Killing Rancher Loses Bid to Keep Public Land Grazing Permit - March 4, 2021
Water Contamination from Cattle Ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore Causes Outrage - March 1, 2021
Conservationists Seek Injunction to Halt Harm to Bighorns on Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest - February 26, 2021
Bureau of Land Management Rescinds Illegal Grazing Decision Day After Conservationists Sued to Overturn It - February 26, 2021
Conservation and Public Accountability Groups File Legal Challenge to the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - February 22, 2021
Interior Board Overturns BLM Decisions to Use Non-Native Livestock Forage and Chaining within Historic Boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - February 16, 2021
Biden’s Forest Service Hits the Brakes on Review of Trump-era Livestock Directives for Public Lands - February 11, 2021
Federal Judge Overturns Trump Administration’s Gutting of Sage-Grouse Protections from Mining - January 26, 2021
Conservationists signal lawsuit over National Grassland prairie dog eradication plan - January 20, 2021
Western group applauds President Biden’s Day One commitment to revisiting Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments - January 20, 2021
Trump Administration’s 11th Hour Approval of 2,000 Miles of Pipeline Corridors Puts Wildlife & Communities at Risk - January 19, 2021
Interior Secretary seizes control, grants revoked grazing permit to Hammond Ranches - January 19, 2021
Trump Administration Says Yes to Wildlife Extinction by Approving Thacker Pass Lithium Mine - January 14, 2021
Western wolf coalition challenges nationwide wolf delisting - January 13, 2021
Burlington Northern seeks federal permission to continue killing grizzly bears in Montana - January 12, 2021
Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States - January 12, 2021
Lawsuit Launched Over Trump Plan to Accelerate Clearcutting, Herbicide Spraying, Fuel Breaks Across Six Western States - January 11, 2021
Advocates secure new railroad proposal for grizzlies - January 7, 2021
WWP Statement on Yesterday’s Acts of Domestic Terrorism in Washington, DC - January 4, 2021
Trump administration reissues grazing permit to Oregon arsonist ranchers - December 18, 2020
New Documents: New Mexico Rancher Who Pleaded Guilty to Bludgeoning Endangered Wolf Admitted Trapping, Beating One More - December 7, 2020
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Colorado’s Critically Imperiled Gunnison Sage Grouse - November 30, 2020
Groups File Suit to Protect Half of Washington’s Bighorn Sheep; Domestic Sheep Grazing Places Bighorns at High Risk - November 25, 2020
Conservation Groups Protest Risky Plan for 2,000 Miles of New Oil, Gas, and CO2 Pipelines Across Wyoming - November 24, 2020
Conservationists: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Land Managers Should Adopt Stronger Measures to Prevent Conflicts, Protect People and Bears - November 19, 2020
Trump Administration Recycles Slashing of Sage-grouse Protections, Opening Habitat to Drilling, Fracking Across Seven Western States - November 16, 2020
Legal Protest Blasts Plan for 430 Square Miles of Fracking Leases in Wyoming - November 9, 2020
Wolf coalition launches challenge to nationwide wolf delisting - October 29, 2020
Gray Wolf Stripped of Federal Protections; Fish and Wildlife Service removes the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, halting wolf recovery - October 23, 2020
Bighorn Sheep from Two Herds are Sick and Dying Due to Disease Spread by Domestic Sheep - October 19, 2020
Judge Denies Motion, Opening Door to Lawsuits Challenging Pendley Decisions Spanning 30 Million Acres of Public Land - October 1, 2020
Park Service Chief’s Appointment As Illegal As Pendley’s Lawsuit Progresses Toward Removing “De Facto” Park Service Director - September 30, 2020
Lawsuit Aims to Compel Fish and Wildlife Service to Protect Bi-state Sage Grouse; Unique Dancing Bird in California, Nevada Needs Federal Protection - September 24, 2020
Tule Elk Continue to Die in Point Reyes National Seashore; Park Service Displays Indifference, Takes No Action - September 23, 2020
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Colorado’s Critically Imperiled Gunnison Sage Grouse; Immediate Protection From Livestock Grazing Needed to Prevent Extinction - September 18, 2020
Point Reyes National Seashore Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement; Cows Take Priority Over Wildlife - September 4, 2020
Gov. Inslee Orders Rework of Washington’s Wolf-killing Policies - August 31, 2020
Conservationists Ask South Dakota to List Sage Grouse under State Endangered Species Law - August 24, 2020
Drought and Wildfire Threaten Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore - August 19, 2020
Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Fossil Fuel Plan in Colorado ‘Climate Hot Spot’ - August 17, 2020
WDFW Kills Remaining Members of Northeast Washington Wolf Pack - August 13, 2020
Appeal Forces Withdrawal of Destructive Grazing Project in Northern Arizona - August 13, 2020
Gov. Inslee Urged to Act After Washington Wolf Advisor’s Removal - August 6, 2020
Conservationists to Federal Agencies: Restore Protections for Imperiled Wildlife in the Flathead National Forest - August 3, 2020
Fish & Wildlife Service Agrees to Reverse Course, Reconsider Sonoran Desert Tortoise for Endangered Species Act Protection - July 23, 2020
Protections for Idaho’s Slickspot Peppergrass Trampled Again; Agency Proposes Major Cuts to Critical Habitat - July 8, 2020
Court Denies State, Federal Bid to Strip Yellowstone Grizzlies of ESA Protections - July 8, 2020
Court Denies State, Federal Bid to Strip Yellowstone Grizzlies of ESA Protections - July 7, 2020
Nevada Court Protects Bi-State Sage-Grouse From Off-road Vehicles - June 26, 2020
Washington Commission Rejects Petition for New Rules to Prevent Wolf Killing, Conflicts - June 17, 2020
Lawsuit Launched Challenging Endangered Species Act Denial for Imperiled Bi-state Sage Grouse - June 12, 2020
Trump Administration Plan to Graze 24 Million Acres in Nevada Could Worsen Wildfire Risk - May 28, 2020
Appeal Targets BLM’s Approval of Oil Wells in Designated Sage-Grouse Habitat in Nevada - May 11, 2020
BLM Fast Tracks Plan to Increase Livestock Use on the Sonoran Desert National Monument - May 11, 2020
Legal Petition Seeks New Rules to Reduce Washington Wolf-killing - May 8, 2020
Groups Seek Injunction to Block Grizzly Killing in Wyoming Livestock Case - May 7, 2020
Conservationists challenge taxpayer-funded wildlife-killing program in Idaho - April 7, 2020
Groups Sue Over Livestock in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - March 31, 2020
GROUPS SUE TO STOP KILLING OF 72 GRIZZLIES IN WYOMING - March 30, 2020
Trump Administration Denies Endangered Species Protection to Bi-state Sage Grouse - March 10, 2020
Conservation Groups Draft, Submit Grazing Regulation Package to Reform Livestock Mismanagement - March 9, 2020
Court Affirms Key Rulings to Prevent Further Illegal Helicopter Intrusions in Premiere Idaho Wilderness Area - February 10, 2020
Trump Administration’s Nevada Lease Sale for Oil and Gas on Public Lands Violates Court Order - January 21, 2020
Conservation Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue over Grazing Decision that Allows up to 72 Grizzly Bears to be Killed in Wyoming’s Upper Green River - January 17, 2020
Trump Administration Strips Public Participation, Environmental Safeguards from Public Land Grazing Program - January 9, 2020
Trump’s Proposed NEPA Rollbacks Hand Over Control of Public Lands to Ranchers - December 13, 2019
Tonto National Forest Releases Draft Resource Management Plan for Public Comment - November 27, 2019
Media Release: Wild Wolf Pup Dragging Leghold Trap in Gila - November 26, 2019
Conservationists: Massive fuel breaks proposal an ecological disaster - November 20, 2019
Forest Service Sued for Giving in to Hostile Utah Ranchers - November 14, 2019
Proposed Malheur legislation sacrifices land heath, elevates livestock above other land uses - November 13, 2019
BLM cancels Colorado oil and gas lease auction in response to court order - November 1, 2019
Federal plan endangers recovery for dwindling Gunnison sage-grouse in Colorado, Utah - October 22, 2019
Colorado’s Gunnison sage-grouse populations plummet to perilous lows - October 15, 2019
Forest Service Plan for Wyoming’s Upper Green River Pushes Overgrazing, More Grizzly Killings - October 2, 2019
Trump’s Forest Service Blasted for Plans to Weaken Protections for Imperiled Greater Sage Grouse - September 24, 2019
Conservation Group Sues For Information on Trump Administration’s Secret Grazing Program - September 23, 2019
Park Proposes to Shoot Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore in Plan to Make Room for Cows - September 17, 2019
Western group hails introduction of PAW and FIN Act - September 17, 2019
Interior Board Overturns BLM Decision to Replace Native Forests with Exotic Livestock Forage in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - August 28, 2019
FWS hires known wolf killer to help with removals - August 23, 2019
New Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Plan Allows Increased Mining, Grazing - August 8, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE Point Reyes National Seashore Proposes to Kill Native Elk and Keep Cows - August 1, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: Forest Service Announces Proposed Plan to Gut Sage-Grouse Protections on 5.4 Million Acres - August 1, 2019
Bureau of Land Management Greenlights Grazing in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - July 31, 2019
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Reactivates Old Profanity Territory Wolf Kill Order - July 16, 2019
Court Partially Blocks Summer Grazing on Sensitive Oregon Public Lands - July 15, 2019
1.8 Million Americans Speak Out Against Stripping Federal Protections from Wolves - July 10, 2019
FOREST SERVICE UPHOLDS DECISION TO CANCEL GRAZING PERMIT OF CONVICTED WOLF KILLER - June 27, 2019
What’s eating the Pando Clone? Monitoring project shows two weeks of cattle is decimating the understory - May 13, 2019
Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Renewal of Oregon Ranchers’ Grazing Permit - May 8, 2019
Montana filmmaker presents documentary on M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ across Idaho - April 23, 2019
APPEALS COURT REINSTATES IDAHO WOLF-KILLING CASE AGAINST GOVERNMENT - April 23, 2019
Conservationists put Humboldt-Toiyabe N.F. on Notice for Lahontan cutthroat trout ESA violations - April 22, 2019
Court Order Sought to Stop Destruction of Sage-grouse Habitat in Seven States - April 18, 2019
Local Film-maker to Show Documentary on M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Missoula Friday, April 26. - April 15, 2019
Groups Seek to Stop Livestock Plan that Threatens Survival of Rare, ESA-listed Frogs - April 5, 2019
Groups ask Wyoming and Idaho authorities to require that hunters carry bear spray in grizzly territory - April 3, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE Groups Challenge Flathead Forest Plan’s Weak Wildlife Protections - March 28, 2019
Court Upholds Habitat Protection of 1.8 Million Acres for Endangered California Frogs - March 20, 2019
Feds Urged to Free Two Endangered Wolves Trapped in New Mexico - March 15, 2019
Motion Filed to Defend Bi-state Sage Grouse From Off-roaders’ Lawsuit - March 6, 2019
CONSERVATION GROUP BLASTS TRUMP’S MOVE TO PREMATURELY STRIP WOLVES OF ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS - February 21, 2019
Public Land Livestock Fees Hit Rock-Bottom - February 13, 2019
BANDAID TO BE APPLIED TO IDAHO’S SAGEBRUSH SEA; Newly approved vegetation “treatment” project is questionable, expensive - January 29, 2019
Conservationists file suit over biased Interior Department grazing decision - January 29, 2019
Lawsuit Targets Federal Wildlife-killing Program in Wyoming - January 17, 2019
During Shutdown, Trump Urged to Halt Fracking Permits, 2 Million-acre Lease Sale - January 7, 2019
Bureau of Land Management Still Accepting New Oil and Gas Drilling Permit Applications During Government Shutdown - January 4, 2019
Trump order fast-tracks the destruction of western public lands in the name of fire - December 19, 2018
Advocates target bear baiting in grizzly country in ID, WY - December 6, 2018
Interior Secretary Zinke to Slash Sage-grouse Protections in Seven Western States - December 3, 2018
Forest Service to Cancel Grazing Permit of Convicted Wolf Killer - November 29, 2018
Conservation Group Challenges Massive BLM Sagebrush Destruction Project - November 16, 2018
House votes to strip ESA wolf protections, block judicial oversight - November 15, 2018
BLM Plan would Strip Protections from Bears Ears National Monument; Western Watersheds Project among numerous conservationists opposing new plan - November 14, 2018
BLM Sued for Withholding Wyoming Endangered Species Information - October 31, 2018
Point Reyes National Seashore Releases Controversial General Management Plan Amendment for Public Comment - October 30, 2018
Federal Court Strikes Down Wyoming “Data Trespass” Laws as Unconstitutional - October 26, 2018
Feds Yank More Than 1 Million Acres From December Oil, Gas Lease Sales in Five States in Response to Lawsuit - October 8, 2018
National Park at Risk as Trump Administration Approves Expanded Livestock Grazing - October 5, 2018
Trump Administration Proposes to Cut Sage Grouse Protection Across 5 Million Acres - September 26, 2018
House Committee Targets Rare Native Wildlife for Extinction - September 24, 2018
Yellowstone Grizzlies Returned to Endangered Species List - September 22, 2018
Judge Blocks Trump Policy Cutting Public Out of Oil and Gas Leasing Decisions on Public Lands - September 17, 2018
Wyoming judge blocks approval for Alkali Creek elk feedground near Jackson Hole - September 13, 2018
Groups: M-44 “Cyanide Bombs” Must Be Eliminated in Oregon Before a Child Is Killed - September 13, 2018
Hunting Ban Extended for Yellowstone Grizzlies - September 6, 2018
Western Watersheds Project: Thunder Basin National Grasslands to Get Added Scrutiny to Ensure Success of Ferret Reintroduction - September 6, 2018
Trump Administration to Lease 4,200 Acres in Northern Arizona for Fracking - August 31, 2018
Rep. Huffman introduces bill to switch Point Reyes priority from public enjoyment to industrial agriculture - August 30, 2018
Groups Seek Restraining Order to Stop Grizzly Hunting in Idaho And Wyoming - May 15, 2018
Court: Agency Wrongly Denied Protection to Sage Grouse in California, Nevada - May 8, 2018
Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Allies Assert Right to Freedom of Speech - May 1, 2018
Conservationists appeal District Court ruling on livestock grazing in Idaho’s Copper Basin - April 30, 2018
Lawsuit Targets Trump Oil, Gas Leases Threatening Sage Grouse in Five States - April 13, 2018
Conservation Groups Renew Opposition to Trump’s Attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - April 4, 2018
Environmentalists host forum on “Returning the Wolf to the Mountains” - March 13, 2018
Conservationists Mark Anniversary of M-44 Tragedy with Film Screening - March 13, 2018
Public Records Sought on Plans to Gun Down Idaho Wolves - March 13, 2018
New Mexico Bighorns to be Killed to “Save Them” from Livestock Diseases Spread by Public Lands Grazing Operations - February 1, 2018
Court Overturns Political Decision to Deny Endangered Species Protection to Bison - January 31, 2018
The Price of Plundering Public Lands Just Went Down - January 30, 2018
Wolf advocates sue: ‘Recovery plan’ sets Mexican wolves on road to extinction - January 18, 2018
Feds Halt Idaho Oil, Gas Lease Sale After Conservation Groups Protest - January 10, 2018
Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary Zinke to Round Up Bundy’s Trespassing Cattle - December 29, 2017
‘Year in Review’ Report Highlights Trump Administration’s Dismal 2017 Environmental Record - December 15, 2017
Legal Action Aims to Protect Endangered California Frogs’ Mountain Habitat - December 15, 2017
Yellowstone Conservation Groups: Focus on Livestock, Not Wildlife, to Manage Brucellosis - December 14, 2017
Greater Sage-grouse among Endangered Species Decisions Undercut by Politics - December 7, 2017
Lawsuit Digs into Taxpayer-Subsidized Grazing Projects in the Gila Box - December 7, 2017
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Majestic Bears Ears National Monument - December 4, 2017
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit after President Trump Illegally Axed Dinosaur Treasure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - December 4, 2017
Western Watersheds Project Media Statement on Trump’s Monumental Mistake - December 1, 2017
Groups Call for Stronger Measures to Conserve Sage-Grouse - November 29, 2017
Trump Administration Finalizes Deeply Flawed Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan - November 21, 2017
Northeast Idaho Sheep Grazing Stopped to Protect Wild Bighorns - November 8, 2017
SECURE Act is a Public Lands and Waters Giveaway to Dirty Industry - November 1, 2017
California Wildlife Win Protections from Federal Trapping, Gunning - October 31, 2017
Legal Action Aims to Block Fracking, Save Utah Sage Grouse - October 26, 2017
Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf, “Esperanza,” Applies to Join Arizona Game and Fish Commission - October 17, 2017
Lawsuit Filed Today to Protect Idaho Bighorn Sheep from Deadly Diseases - October 12, 2017
ONSHORE Act is a Public Lands Giveaway to Dirty Industry - October 5, 2017
Playing Chicken with Extinction - August 7, 2017
Administration Recommendations Seek to Undermine Sage-Grouse Conservation - January 10, 2013
News Release: Endangered Species Act Protection is Proposed for Gunnison Sage-grouse - November 28, 2012
Native fish benefit from decade of dogged advocacy on John Day River - June 13, 2012
Federal Judge Blocks Congressional Meddling in Forest Service Protections for Bighorn Sheep in Central Idaho - April 19, 2012
BLM Temporarily Halts Fence Construction On The “Fast Tracked” Ivanpah Solar Power Plant - April 18, 2012
The Path of the Pronghorn Protected - April 9, 2012
Suit to Save Idaho’s Bighorn Sheep Filed In Federal Court - February 22, 2012
Desert Tortoise Council Awards ‘James A. St. Amant Special Award’ to WWP - February 16, 2012
Obama’s Proposed Budget Moves In the Right Direction On Grazing Fee - February 7, 2012
“Grazing Must Yield”: Court Decision Protects Sage-Grouse Habitat in Idaho’s Owyhee Canyonlands - October 12, 2011
Court Slams Forest Service’s Refusal to Monitor Southwestern Endangered Species - October 3, 2011
Western Watersheds Project Sues to Protect Pygmy Rabbits - January 7, 2011
Federal Court Tosses BLM Grazing Decisions For immediate release - October 3, 2007
Success ! Judge Orders Pygmy Rabbit Endangered Species Consideration - April 9, 2007
WWP Files Litigation to Protect Slickspot Peppergrass