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Press Releases
Dec 8, 2020
Stealth effort to significantly expand ATV use on Colville National Forest challenged

Forest provides habitat for grizzly bear, Canada lynx, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, bull trout, western yellow-bellied cuckoo, and dozens of other species

Public Lands
#Rewilding
Dec 4, 2020
Groups Decry Xcel Energy’s Move to Slow Down Climate Action in Colorado

Colorado’s biggest polluter backs state over lack of progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Climate + Energy
#COCleanAir, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround
Dec 1, 2020
Missing lynx: Feds’ refusal to prepare recovery plan challenged

Despite the Canada lynx’s designation as threatened in 2000, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has never prepared a recovery plan for the lynx

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Nov 30, 2020
Lawsuit filed to protect half of Washington’s bighorn sheep

Non-native domestic sheep grazing on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest puts bighorns at high risk

Public Lands, Wildlife
#PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife
Nov 25, 2020
Outdoor recreationists encounter horrors during the first three weeks of trapping season

New Mexicans warned of gruesome sights and danger while on public lands over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the two-year anniversary of the death of “Roxy,” the dog who became the namesake for anti-trapping legislation

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #TrapFreeNM
Nov 24, 2020
Yellowstone grizzly bear and land managers should adopt stronger measures to prevent conflicts, protect people and bears

Importance of coexistence measures for grizzly bear management emphasized as the region strives toward full grizzly bear recovery

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Nov 19, 2020
Outgoing Trump administration undermines America’s bedrock environmental law, again

Sweeping rollbacks undercut the role of science, transparency, and public input for decisions made on 193 million acres of National Forest System land

Public Lands
#PressStatement, #ProtectNEPA, #Rewilding
Nov 19, 2020
Trump administration recycles slashing of sage-grouse protections

Move opens habitat to drilling, fracking, and development across nearly 80,000 square miles in seven western states

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction
Nov 18, 2020
Legal appeal blasts Trump plan to sell 47,000 acres for fracking in Colorado

Leases threaten sage grouse, climate pollution weeks ahead of Biden’s promised leasing ban

Climate + Energy
#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround
Nov 16, 2020
Federal court again slams Trump administration for ignoring climate consequences of selling public lands for fracking

Judge rules sale of oil and gas leases in Wyoming illegal, blocks drilling on 475 square miles

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround