Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate

Tribes granted separate motion to intervene in December

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

Congress urged to block any attempt to include S.2561, known as the Cottonwood bill

A delegation of Indigenous community leaders and Greater Chaco protectors traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby members of congress

Four Tribes intervened last week in lawsuits attacking Antiquities Act

Amidst COP27, Southwesterners call for protection of mature and old growth trees and forests and to end federal fossil fuel leasing and drilling 

Logging continues to be a primary threat to mature forests, undermining their role as part of a broader climate crisis solution

For years, cattle have illegally entered the Valles Caldera National Preserve from neighboring U.S. Forest Service grazing allotments, damaging riparian areas and important wildlife habitat

Expansion threatens Mexican spotted owl, Gila trout, and multiple critical watersheds

U.S. Forest Service is ignoring both the best available science and its legal responsibility to protect wildlife