A Win for Nevada Wilderness!
Photo: Tatiana Gettleman, USGS (Fiickr) Western Watersheds Project and our allies at Wilderness Watch have successfully convinced the Bureau of Land Management to drop vegetation
Mexican gray wolf found dead near Winston, New Mexico
For immediate release: October 18, 2022 Media contact: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org SILVER CITY, N.M. – One of the most genetically-valuable Mexican
$51,100 Reward Offered for Info on Washington Wolf Poisonings; Two More Wolf Poisonings Confirmed
For Immediate Release, October 11, 2022 Contact: Sophia Ressler, Center for Biological Diversity, (206) 399-4004, sressler@biologicaldiversity.org Samantha Bruegger, Washington Wildlife First, (970) 531-6720, sbruegger@wawildlifefirst.org Stephanie
Long-Term Protection Sought for Crucial Desert Tortoise Habitat in Nevada
For immediate release October 7th, 2022 MEDIA CONTACTS: Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, (775) 764-1080, emailbasinandrange@gmail.com Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org
Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan Revision Draws Mixed Reviews from Wildlife Advocates
For immediate release October 5, 2022 MEDIA CONTACTS: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Erin Hunt, Lobos
Wildlife Advocates Challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over Rule that Fails Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves
For immediate release: October 3, 2022 Media Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians (505) 395-6177; csmith@wildearthguardians.org Emily Renn,
Protecting grizzlies from grazing in Paradise Valley, Montana
Photo: Paradise Valley/ Erik Molvar Q: What do you get when you cross prime grizzly habitat with a decision to expand livestock grazing on six
Lawsuit Aims to Protect Grizzlies from Expanded Grazing in Montana’s Paradise Valley
For Immediate Release September 12, 2022 Contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project, (406) 830-3099, josh@westernwatersheds.org Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 324-8011, bishop@westernlaw.org Lizzy
WWP petitions rare springsnail endangered by lithium mining for ESA listing
For Immediate Release September 9, 2022 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910 Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, (775) 764-108 THACKER PASS, Nev.
Groups challenge massive Wyoming drilling, fracking project on behalf of wildlife and communities
For Immediate Release September 8, 2022 Contact: Shannon Anderson, Staff Attorney, Powder River Basin Resource Council, (307) 763-0995 Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project,
Court rejects Wyoming, industry challenge to Biden administration postponement of oil, gas lease sales
For Immediate Release : September 6, 2022 Contacts: Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, 202-792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Melissa Hornbein, Western Environmental Law Center, 406-471-3173, hornbein@westernlaw.org Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological
Rigorous New Study Finds Significant Water Pollution from Cattle Ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore
For Immediate Release, September 1, 2022 Scott Webb, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (707) 921-8211, swebb@seaturtles.org Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Chance Cutrano, Resource Renewal Institute,
New Colorado poll: Don’t trophy hunt or trap gray wolves
For Immediate Release, August 31, 2022 Contacts: Wendy Keefover, the Humane Society of the United States: 720-437-0394, wkeefover@humanesociety.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project: 307-399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Delia
Conservation Groups Respond to Utah Lawsuit Challenging National Monuments Restoration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2022 MEDIA CONTACTS Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, (202) 792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Chris Krupp, WildEarth
Legal Agreement Blocks Oil, Gas Leasing on 2.2 Million Acres in Colorado; Bureau of Land Management to Reconsider Plan, Protect Gunnison Sage Grouse
For Immediate Release, August 12, 2022 Contacts: Natasha Léger, Citizens for a Healthy Community, (970) 399-9700, natasha@chc4you.org Melissa Hornbein, Western Environmental Law Center,
Conservationists hail scientists’ western rewilding blueprint as “a major call to action” to the Biden Administration
For Immediate Release August 9, 2022 Contact: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice, (202) 792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Sarah McMillan, WildEarth Guardians,
Lawsuit Challenges Washington’s Failure to Enact Wolf Management Rules
For Immediate Release, August 5, 2022 Contact: Sophia Ressler, Center for Biological Diversity, (206) 399-4004, sressler@biologicaldiversity.org Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Lizzy Pennock, WildEarth
New settlement puts San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area on a path to protection from livestock!
Photo: San Pedro River, WWP In April 2020, we sued the Bureau of Land Management (“Bureau”) over its land management plan that authorized livestock grazing
New settlement seeks livestock reforms on the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
For immediate release: August 2, 2022 Media contacts: Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project (520)272-2454; cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Sandy Bahr, Grand Canyon Chapter Sierra Club (602)999-5790; sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org Robin Silver, Center
The Bureau of Land Management Walks Back Alvord Desert Grazing Plan
For Immediate Release: July 27, 2022 Contact: Adam Bronstein, Western Watersheds Project, 541-595-8034, adam@westernwatersheds.org BURNS, Ore. — The Bureau of Land Management today vacated and remanded
Wildlife advocates, hunters, anglers challenge Helena National Forest’s scrapping of longstanding wildlife protections
Contacts: Gayle Joslin, Helena Hunters and Anglers Association, 406-449-2795, HHAA.HelenaHunters@gmail.com Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, nokes@westernlaw.org Jocelyn Leroux, Western Watersheds Project, 406-960-4164, jocelyn@westernwatersheds.org
