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Press Releases

Jan 25, 2023

Federal judge finds BLM imperiled sage grouse and broke environmental laws in approving Idaho phosphate mine

The ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho determined the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act and Federal Land Policy Management Act

Public Lands

#PressStatement

Jan 23, 2023

Lesser prairie chicken listing delayed

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service caves to political pressure, leaves grassland grouse waiting on Endangered Species Act protections

Wildlife

#PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 23, 2023

Conservation groups dismayed by agency removal of wandering wolf Asha

Wolf’s historic journey ended in capture

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 23, 2023

Lawsuit filed to defend climate, clean air from fracking in NM Permian Basin

Suit aims to overturn Trump-era leases approved by Biden Administration

#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement

Jan 19, 2023

Conservation groups urge federal and state agencies to allow Mexican gray wolf “Asha” to continue her travels in northern New Mexico

Letter calls on agencies to help welcome Asha back into her ancestral territories and provide safe harbor for this remarkable wolf

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 18, 2023

Federal wildlife-killing program challenged in Montana

Groups allege Montana-Wildlife Services’ killing of grizzly bears and other predators violates multiple laws

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 13, 2023

Montana Gov. Gianforte orders Wolf Plan overhaul

Conservation groups’ lawsuit sparks updating of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ 2002 Wolf Plan

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 11, 2023

Conservationists celebrate northward-roaming Mexican gray wolf

Young female Mexican Gray Wolf is breaking geographic records

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Jan 11, 2023

More than 300 groups urge Biden Administration to manage public lands and waters in line with his climate promises and international commitments

For the climate, federal government must phase out fossil fuels

Climate + Energy

#ClimateJustice, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement

Dec 21, 2022

Congress plays politics with a species on the brink

FY2023 spending Omnibus includes anti-science sage-grouse rider

#PressStatement, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #WildlandsForWildlife