- August 11, 2020
WWP sends BLM back to the drawing board in Idaho - August 4, 2020
Sonoran desert tortoise wins fresh opportunity for Endangered Species Act protection - July 9, 2020
Grizzlies stay protected! Tribes, Conservationists Win; States, Feds Lose - April 28, 2020
WWP sues to protect San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area - March 12, 2020
Good news! New Agreement Restricts Wolf-killing and ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Idaho - February 28, 2020
HUGE WIN for Sage-grouse! Nearly 1 million acres of sage grouse habitat saved from the oil and gas industry! - January 31, 2020
Nationwide Grazing Lease Retirement Bill Introduced in Congress - January 8, 2020
There’s Still Time to Support WWP in 2019! - December 23, 2019
Court Smacks Down BLM for Renewing Hammonds Permits - November 21, 2019
Forest Service Sued for Giving in to Hostile Ranchers - October 17, 2019
Lawsuit by WWP and Friends Blocks Weakening of Sage Grouse Plans! - October 8, 2019
WWP Stops New Livestock Water Development on Agua Fria National Monument! - September 17, 2019
A 30,000-acre Win on Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument! - September 6, 2019
The Slow and Steady Fight for the Sonoran Desert Tortoise - August 23, 2019
We’re Going to Court for Capitol Reef! - July 3, 2019
A win for Lahontan cutthroat trout in Nevada! - June 6, 2019
Score One for Oregon Sage-Grouse! - March 29, 2019
Back to Court for Sage-grouse! - January 30, 2019
Three New Lawsuits for Wildlife - October 30, 2018
Wyoming’s Data Trespass Laws Overturned Once and For All! - September 25, 2018
Victory! Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Regain Protections Under the ESA - September 17, 2018
A Big Win Against a Wyoming Feedground Helps Protect Elk from Deadly Disease - August 31, 2018
Emergency Ruling Stops Grizzly Hunts - August 17, 2018
A Win for Montana Grayling! - June 25, 2018
Court Rules Against USDA’s Wildlife Killing Program in Idaho! - May 16, 2018
A big win for bi-state sage-grouse! - May 4, 2018
A big week in sage-grouse news! - February 1, 2018
A Great Victory for Yellowstone Bison! - January 17, 2018
A Win for Free Speech in Idaho! - December 7, 2017
A Monumental Theft - November 1, 2017
A Win for California’s Critters! - October 19, 2017
WWP is Going to Court to Fight for Bighorns! - September 8, 2017
The Big Win in Wyoming - September 6, 2017
We’re suing to stop the delisting of Yellowstone’s grizzlies - August 8, 2017
Sage-grouse Plans Undermined by New Administration - August 3, 2017
WWP overturns Nevada grazing decision on sage-grouse grounds! - July 12, 2017
Ranch Plan Scuttled on Point Reyes National Seashore! - July 7, 2017
Western Watersheds Project Wins Protections for Native Fish in Central Idaho! - July 3, 2017
Yellowstone Grizzlies Aren’t Ready for Delisting - June 15, 2017
New lawsuit + New petition = WWP’s Recent Work for Wyoming’s Wildlife! - May 11, 2017
WWP, Allies File Lawsuit to Stop Wildlife Services from Exterminating Native Wildlife - April 11, 2017
WWP Wins Ban of M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Idaho - April 5, 2017
Bringing wolves to Colorado - March 31, 2017
WWP Seeks Immediate Ban of M-44 ‘Cyanide Bombs’ in Idaho - March 29, 2017
Tell Congress: Back Off Legislation Using Sage Grouse to Transfer Public Lands - January 26, 2017
Two – count ’em! Two! – Wins for Wildlife - January 24, 2017
WWP Challenges Failure to Protect Sage Grouse, Rare Fishes in Klamath Basin - January 20, 2017
Wilderness and Wolves Protected! - December 16, 2016
Wrapping up 2016 and Looking Ahead - November 29, 2016
Congratulations to George Wuerthner, Grassroots Activist of the Year! - November 10, 2016
What a Trump Presidency Means for Western Public Lands - October 12, 2016
New Actions to Protect Idaho’s Spectacular Sawtooth Country from Livestock Abuse! - September 27, 2016
Welcome, Erik Molvar! WWP’s new Executive Director! - September 14, 2016
WWP Gets the Cows Out of Native Trout Habitat! - August 19, 2016
Wyoming Trespass Lawsuit Dropped! - August 16, 2016
Threatened Slickspot Needs Protection from Livestock! - July 29, 2016
New Government Report on Trespass Livestock - June 20, 2016
Win for Bighorn Sheep in Montana! - June 1, 2016
WWP Seeks to Stop Wolf Killing in Idaho! - March 29, 2016
Lawsuit Filed to Stop New Livestock Fencing in Sage-Grouse Habitat! - March 10, 2016
Bi-State Sage-Grouse Lawsuit Filed! - March 3, 2016
Bighorn Sheep Protected! - February 25, 2016
Greater Sage-Grouse Plans Fall Short; Lawsuit Filed! - February 11, 2016
Point Reyes National Seashore Needs a New Plan! - January 12, 2016
A Busy Start to 2016! - January 7, 2016
WWP on the Takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge - January 5, 2016
Top Ten Times WWP Spoke Out in 2015 - November 11, 2015
Pushing Back Against Wyoming - October 22, 2015
Practice Free Speech! Submit your illegal Wyoming “natural resource” photos! - September 29, 2015
WWP Sues State of Wyoming for Unconstitutional Laws - September 25, 2015
Obama Administration Denies ESA protection for Greater sage-grouse - September 21, 2015
WWP Gives BLM Notice about Endangered Species Act Violations in Idaho - September 18, 2015
WWP Fights for Grizzlies and Bighorn Sheep in Montana - September 14, 2015
Take Action to Support Permit Retirement! - August 6, 2015
IDFG Keeps Their Hands Off Frank Church Wolves! - August 4, 2015
Court Strikes Down Idaho Ag-Gag Law! - July 28, 2015
Still fighting frivolous Wyoming trespass suit! - July 23, 2015
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Fish from Livestock! - July 14, 2015
Take Action to Stop Predator Killing in Idaho! - June 22, 2015
Case Filed to Protect Copper Basin Fish from Grazing - May 21, 2015
Update on Wyoming Trespass Law and Lawsuit - April 22, 2015
So This is Earth Day, and What Have We Done? - April 6, 2015
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Government Grizzly Bear Killings - March 18, 2015
Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Win! - March 2, 2015
WWP Win on Sonoran Desert National Monument Grazing Case! - February 18, 2015
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Sage-grouse Habitat in Craters of the Moon National Monument - February 11, 2015
Federal Wildlife Killing in Idaho Flouts the Law! - February 5, 2015
WWP works to get Montana’s Arctic Grayling the protection it deserves! - February 3, 2015
WWP Fights Back in Wyoming Trespass Lawsuit - January 20, 2015
Lawsuit Filed to Secure Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage Grouse - January 14, 2015
WWP Fights for Grizzlies - January 9, 2015
Tell Wildlife Services to Stop Dangerous and Inhumane Practices! - December 12, 2014
WWP Will Not be Silenced! - December 8, 2014
Take Action! Help Oppose Bad Public Lands Package - December 2, 2014
Take Action! Help WWP Stop the Kill-Fest on the Forest - November 25, 2014
Predator Derby Cancelled on BLM Land! - November 13, 2014
Big News! - November 3, 2014
Protect the Northern Rockies Fisher! - September 29, 2014
Sage-Grouse Win! - September 25, 2014
Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Deserve Protection! - September 8, 2014
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Idaho’s Wildlife - August 29, 2014
A Better Future for Oregon Spotted Frog - August 13, 2014
Take Action! Speak Out Against Predator Killing Contest - August 7, 2014
Idaho’s Copper Basin Needs Our Help - August 1, 2014
Good News for California’s Clear Lake Sage-Grouse! - July 29, 2014
Victory for Wolves in Idaho’s Wilderness - July 28, 2014
Working for Wildlife in Many Ways - July 16, 2014
New WWP Report on Inadequate Sage-Grouse Plans - July 14, 2014
Wyoming Wildlife Deserve Better than Feedlots on Forest Lands! - July 10, 2014
WWP Seeks Protection for Bull Trout Habitat - July 9, 2014
See WWP at Cowspiracy Screenings in the West! - July 7, 2014
WWP Fights to Protect the Lynx - June 30, 2014
Tell Congress: Close the Sheep Experiment Station! - June 26, 2014
Sheep Station Grazing Puts Predators at Risk - May 29, 2014
Want to Help WWP Protect Watersheds? Here’s How! - May 13, 2014
Forest Service Must Protect Oregon Spotted Frog! - May 6, 2014
Gunnison Sage-Grouse Protection Delayed by Special Interests! - April 29, 2014
Capitol Reef Cacti Deserve Protection! - April 22, 2014
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land… - April 17, 2014
Long-term trespass persists in Nevada - April 7, 2014
Lynx Harmed by Idaho Trapping; WWP intends to sue to stop it! - March 26, 2014
Good day for bighorn, bad day for wolves in Idaho - March 17, 2014
WWP joins “ag-gag” litigation in Idaho - March 3, 2014
Thank You, Jon Marvel! - February 12, 2014
Science Prevails in Slickspot Peppergrass Proposal - February 4, 2014
Legal Settlement Mandates Study of Sheep Impacts to Grizzly Populations in southwest Montana - January 28, 2014
Wolf Killing Stopped in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness of Idaho - January 17, 2014
Pork, beef, and mutton in the federal budget - January 7, 2014
In Defense of Wolves and Wilderness - December 23, 2013
Protection for Predators Sought, and a Victory for Public Lands! - December 6, 2013
Déjà vu on a good decision in Arizona! - December 4, 2013
BLM Puts Owyhee Bighorns at Risk! - November 27, 2013
With Thanks at Thanksgiving ! - October 25, 2013
Federal Protection Proposed for Bi-State Sage Grouse! - October 18, 2013
Livestock Grazing is Permanently Ended on over 130,000 acres of Public Lands in Southwest Idaho! - September 23, 2013
WWP Seeks Endangered Species Act Protection for the Northern Rockies Fisher - September 10, 2013
WWP Wins Reprieve for a Riparian Area in Arizona - August 26, 2013
WWP’s Recent Work on California’s National Forests - August 2, 2013
Travis Bruner Settles in at WWP! - July 8, 2013
WWP Visits Washington DC to Address Grazing Legislation! - June 14, 2013
Western Watersheds Project Litigates to Protect 145,000 Acres of Sage-grouse Habitat! - June 10, 2013
WWP Wins on Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument! - May 23, 2013
Victory on Duck Creek! - May 20, 2013
WWP Litigates to Protect Grizzly Bear Populations in Idaho and Desert Ecosystems in the Sonoran Desert - May 17, 2013
WWP Moves to Protect Columbia River Bull Trout in Central Idaho! - April 16, 2013
Score One for Native Fish! Western Watersheds Project Wins on Camas Creek in the Frank Church River-Of-No-Return Wilderness in Idaho! - April 12, 2013
WWP Litigates to Protect Little Lost River Bull Trout Habitat! - April 10, 2013
Owyhee County, Idaho Rancher Gets a $24,651 Bill for 2012 Livestock Trespass! - March 7, 2013
WWP Wins Closure of Grazing Allotment in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area! - February 26, 2013
WWP Works to Reform Grazing Policy in Washington, D.C. - February 19, 2013
WWP Receives Conservation Award from The Wildlife Society’s Arizona Chapter! - February 12, 2013
WWP Fights to Protect Western Deserts from Industrial Energy Development - January 11, 2013
Endangered Species Act Protection is Proposed for Gunnison Sage-Grouse - January 8, 2013
Good News for Montana’s Bison! - December 31, 2012
After a Remarkable Year of Success We Invite You to Make a Generous Year-End Tax-Deductible Contribution to WWP - December 20, 2012
WWP Wins Two Appeals on National Forests in Arizona and California - November 28, 2012
WWP Challenges Wolf Delisting in Wyoming - November 15, 2012
Report Recommends Grazing Reductions & Victory in California! - October 4, 2012
First Bighorn in Decades Spotted on a Payette National Forest Domestic Sheep Allotment - September 10, 2012
WWP Files Notice to Challenge Delisting of Wyoming Wolves - July 24, 2012
WWP Blocks Four BLM Decisions in the Pahsimeroi River Watershed in Central Idaho - July 11, 2012
WWP Acts: Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument - July 3, 2012
WWP Goes to Washington DC - June 13, 2012
Two Great Victories for Bighorn Sheep ! - April 25, 2012
WWP Acts to Protect Chinook, Steelhead, and Bull Trout in the Frank Church Wilderness - April 3, 2012
Western Watersheds Project Wins in California - March 9, 2012
Sage Grouse Shuts Down Wind Development; WWP Legal Challenge Brings Needed Scrutiny to Illegal Water Diversions in Lemhi County - February 24, 2012
WWP awarded the James A. St. Amant Special Award by the Desert Tortoise Council - February 13, 2012
“Grazing Must Yield”: Federal Court Decision Holds That Protecting Sage-Grouse Must Take Priority Over Livestock Grazing in Owyhee Canyonlands - January 12, 2012
WWP Efforts Protect Bighorn Sheep & Stop Bad Forest Decision in Nevada
Online Messenger Archives
- December 24, 2011
Consider an End of Year Donation to WWP - December 6, 2011
WWP has a new board member and has new victories in AZ & ID - November 17, 2011
Rural Economic Vitalization Act (REVA) Introduced in Congress - November 15, 2011
WWP Acts to Protect the ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ in Wyoming - November 9, 2011
WWP Wins 9th Circuit Challenge to Grazing in Louse Canyon – SE Oregon - November 2, 2011
WWP Wins A Reduction in Cattle Grazing in West Central Arizona - October 13, 2011
Victory for Ridge-nosed rattle snake & Mexican spotted owl - October 3, 2011
SCOTUS Finalizes WWP Victory & WWP Sues to Protect Pygmy Rabbits - September 29, 2011
Victory: WWP Challenge to 16 BLM RMPs in 6 western states covering over 30,000,000 acres of public land - September 20, 2011
WWP Victories in Arizona - September 16, 2011
WWP Pressure Makes The Little Wood River Watershed a Safer Place for Wolves - August 10, 2011
Federal Court Modifies Injunction Removing Livestock From 450,000 Acres of Sage-Grouse Habitat On Public Lands in SW Idaho - August 5, 2011
Western Watersheds Project Wins in Wyoming - July 5, 2011
Act to Protect SW Idaho & Northern Nevada - June 24, 2011
Public Land Recreation Creates Many More Jobs Than Public Lands Ranching - April 28, 2011
Ivanpah Solar Thermal Threatens Thousands of Desert Tortoise - April 15, 2011
WWP Wins Court Ordered Deadline for Removal of Livestock - April 12, 2011
WWP Is Successful In U.S. District Court in Montana on Behalf of NRM Wolves - April 8, 2011
Take Action: Reject Anti-wolf Hysteria - March 22, 2011
WWP Continues to Fight For Wolves In The Northern Rocky Mountains - March 1, 2011
WWP Victory Halts Grazing on 450,000 Acres in Southern Idaho - February 21, 2011
Act Now: Contact Your Senator To Protect Wolves - February 16, 2011
Yellowstone Bison Get Reprieve - February 14, 2011
WWP Wins Remand of BLM Grazing Decisions On Over 1.3 Million Acres of Public Land in Nevada - January 27, 2011
WWP Settlement Keeps 35,000 acres on Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area, WA Cow Free - January 26, 2011
WWP Litigates to Protect Wildlife Habitat from Industrial Energy In California and Nevada ! - January 17, 2011
WWP Wins Legal Victories in Oregon and Arizona - December 2, 2010
Act Now: Politics Threatens Wolves & the Endangered Species Act - November 24, 2010
WWP Takes Action to Protect Birds, Bats & Wildlife in Spring Valley, NV - November 19, 2010
WWP Litigates in the Pahsimeroi of Idaho and the Bodie Hills of Eastern California - November 1, 2010
WWP Opposes Construction of Destructive Wind Farm - October 7, 2010
Obama finds Pygmy rabbits “not warranted” for ESA protections and two WWP legal victories are featured in a New York Times Editorial - September 13, 2010
Victory: WWP cuts rancher secrecy on public land - September 2, 2010
Two Court Victories for WWP - August 5, 2010
Victory: Wolves Regain Endangered Species Act Protections - August 3, 2010
Victory: Wilderness Values Protected on the Pahsimeroi River Watershed - July 27, 2010
WWP Pressure Preserves Bighorn Sheep Throughout the West - July 20, 2010
Western Watersheds Project and Ruby Pipeline LLC Establish a Multi-million Dollar Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund to Restore Sage-steppe Habitat by Buying and Retiring Public Land Grazing Permits From Willing Sellers ! - July 16, 2010
Western Watersheds Project Wins Remand of Two Very Bad Public Land Grazing Decisions In Wyoming and Challenges Obama Administration to Balance Agency Budgets - June 16, 2010
WWP Acts on Oil, Salazar, and Greenfire Preserve - June 10, 2010
Western Watersheds Project wins in Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho and Continues our Push For Environmental & Fiscal Responsibility Throughout the West - June 2, 2010
Western Watersheds Project wins Protection of Lower 48 States’ Largest Unfenced Public Landscape - April 30, 2010
Spring 2010 Watersheds Messenger is Available Online ! - April 18, 2010
WWP Protects the Path of the Pronghorn and other good news from Wyoming - April 6, 2010
3 Major Events for WWP - March 31, 2010
WWP Wins Victory in Nevada - March 8, 2010
WWP Files Litigation to Protect Sage Grouse - March 8, 2010
Sage Grouse & WWP May Be Headed Back to Court !? - February 5, 2010
WWP Acts to Halt Tortoise & Pygmy Rabbit’s Race Toward Extinction - February 4, 2010
WWP Files Motion & Opening Brief to Protect Wolves & Wilderness - January 6, 2010
Western Watersheds Project Litigates to Protect Wolves in Central Idaho - January 4, 2010
Western Watersheds Project Wins Major Court Victory on Idaho’s Nickel Creek Allotment - December 15, 2009
WWP wins appeal in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest overturning a grazing decision for the Franklin Basin Allotment in northern Utah - December 4, 2009
Support WWP With a Year-End Donation - November 23, 2009
Good News for Western Watersheds Project in Montana & California - November 18, 2009
Idaho Land Board Finally Throws in the Towel - November 16, 2009
WWP Favorably Settles Mexican Wolf Litigation ! - November 10, 2009
WWP Files Suit Against Federal Agencies to End Bison Slaughter - November 5, 2009
WWP Wins Summary Judgment from Administrative Law Judge on the nearly 100,000 acre Byner Complex Allotments in Arizona - October 14, 2009
WWP expands bighorn sheep protection to Bureau of Land Management lands - September 25, 2009
WWP Acts to Protect Bighorn Sheep in Central Idaho - September 2, 2009
WWP Takes Decisive Action to Protect Wildlife and Public Lands Across the West - August 21, 2009
WWP & Conservation Partners Seek Prelimary Injunction of Wolf Delisting - July 30, 2009
RIPARIAN RECOVERY ~ Lake Creek, Central Idaho 1993 – 2009 - July 9, 2009
Meet “Jewel”, Phantom Hill Wolf pack member B445 - June 16, 2009
Bighorn sheep receive well-deserved attention over the last week - June 3, 2009
WWP Wildlife News - May 11, 2009
WWP Has Good News Across the West - April 10, 2009
WWP Litigates BLM Management Affecting Over 25 Million Acres - April 6, 2009
WWP Wins Federal Court Order Requiring FWS to Consider Review of Whether Big Lost River Whitefish Deserve Endangered Species Act Protection - March 6, 2009
WWP Wins A Federal Court Order Remanding A Kingman, Arizona BLM Grazing Decision on 412,000 Acres - February 27, 2009
WWP Wins A Federal Court Injunction To Protect Greater Sage Grouse On 625,000 Acres Administered By The Jarbidge Field Office Of The BLM - February 4, 2009
The Opportunity of a New Year - December 16, 2008
Action: Ken Salazar is the Wrong Choice at Interior - December 10, 2008
WWP’s Staff & Board Thanks You - November 11, 2008
WWP Welcomes New Administration of Public Lands - October 17, 2008
WWP Has a Busy End of Summer and Early Fall - August 12, 2008
WWP Files Litigation to Protect the Sonoran Desert National Monument - July 19, 2008
WWP & Coalition Win Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Litigation - June 6, 2008
WWP Wins One in Court for Slickspot Peppergrass - April 28, 2008
WWP Joins in Litigation To Overturn The Delisting of Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains - March 13, 2008
Online Messenger #136 - February 27, 2008
WWP Joins Ten Other Groups To Fight Delisting of Wolves in the Northern Rockies - December 31, 2007
WWP Extends Thanks To All Our Supporters For Making 2007 A Memorable And Successful Year - December 4, 2007
WWP Wins Court Order Overturning Bush Administration Decision Not To List Greater Sage Grouse ! - November 19, 2007
WWP Acts To Protect The Imperiled Montana Grayling In Montana And The Big Lost River Whitefish In Idaho - November 15, 2007
WWP and HCPC Win Protection of Bighorn Sheep and Closure Of The Last Domestic Sheep Grazing Allotment On The Nez Perce National Forest - October 5, 2007
WWP Enjoys Many Exciting Victories on Behalf of Wildlife and Public Lands in the West - July 19, 2007
Wolves, Grizzly Bears, Bighorn, Big Lost River Whitefish, Copper Basin, and more … - June 10, 2007
Western Watersheds Project Wins A Great Victory Overturning The Bush Administration’s BLM’s Grazing Regulations - April 20, 2007
WWP Litigates To Protect Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Stops Grazing in Washington, & Joins Effort to Stop Delisting of Grizzlies - March 25, 2007
WWP Board Meeting, WWP Stirs It Up in WA, Comment on Wolves, Hearing on Bush Grazing Regulations, & WWP Backs BLM on Bully Creek - February 4, 2007
WWP Roils WY Legislature, Remembering Molly Ivins, WWP Sells Valley Sun, Wildlife at Greenfire, Grazing Regulation Litigation Update, - January 9, 2007
Slickspot Peppergrass: Kempthorne Continues Unlawful Political Interference - December 28, 2006
Happy Holidays - December 5, 2006
The Sawtooth National Forest Backs Down to WWP Litigation, United Nations Publishes an Important Report, and Election Brings Hope for the Environment - November 12, 2006
WWP Wins Prelim Injunction on Spruce Mountain, WWP Litigates in ID & UT, 9th Cirtuit Produces Favorable Precedent - September 25, 2006
Federal Judge Halts Bush Grazing Regulations Affecting 160,000,000 Acres of Public Land While Court Considers WWP Litigation - September 11, 2006
WWP Wins Appeal of a Major Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest Grazing Decision on 191,000 Acres in the Martin Basin of the Santa Rosa Ranger District Near McDermitt, Nevada - August 28, 2006
WWP Extends A Cordial Invitation to All Readers of WWP’s Online Messenger to Join WWP Board and Staff at the Fourth Greenfire Revival at WWP’s Greenfire Preserve in Central Idaho September 29-October 1, 2006 - August 11, 2006
Western Watersheds Project Wins a National Court Injunction - July 12, 2006
Western Watersheds Project Files Litigation To Block New Bureau of Land Management Grazing Regulations - July 10, 2006
Idaho Loses Money On Idaho State School Endowment Land Grazing Leases - June 16, 2006
A Federal Court Victory For WWP And A New WWP Petition To Save The Big Lost River Whitefish - June 13, 2006
Help Rescue 1.5 million Acres of the Public’s Land from Being Turned into a Cattle and Weed Wasteland - May 23, 2006
Catching Up On The Latest WWP News - March 1, 2006
Western Watersheds Project Wins Another Major Grazing Victory. This Time In Nevada. - February 7, 2006
Western Watersheds Project Wins Another Major Federal Court Victory - January 19, 2006
Your Comments Needed Now: WWP Won The Lawsuit in 2004 But The Nevada BLM Fails Miserably In Its Court Ordered DEIS - January 11, 2006
Helicopter Capture And Collaring Of Wolves In The Central Idaho Wilderness Is Prevented By WWP In Coalition With Other Conservation Groups - December 13, 2005
Congressmen Pombo and Gibbons Remove Their Mining Mark-up From the Budget Reconciliation Act - December 12, 2005
Help Stop The Public Lands Fire Sale Including 520 Acres Next to WWP’s Greenfire Preserve in Central Idaho - November 10, 2005
A Diverse Coalition Presents Case for Mono Basin Sage Grouse Protection - November 8, 2005
Conservationists Petition Federal Government To Increase Grazing Fee - October 29, 2005
Pombo Forces Sale Of Idaho Public Lands To California Corporation - August 31, 2005
WWP Reaches Partial Settlement of Jarbidge BLM Litigation With Largest Public Lands Rancher - August 20, 2005
Federal Magistrate Judge Mikel Williams Agrees With WWP And Throws Out The Decision By The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Not To List Slickspot Peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum) - August 9, 2005
BLM Backs Down On Public Land Grazing Rule Changes - August 4, 2005
WWP Wins A Major Federal Court Victory Ordering The Immediate Removal Of Cattle From Over 800,000 Acres Of Public Lands In The Jarbidge Field Office Of The BLM! - July 26, 2005
WWP Files Lawsuit To Block Major Changes To BLM Grazing Regulations On 160,000,000 Acres Of Public Lands - May 16, 2005
WWP and Dr. Randall Hermann Sue the Sawtooth National Forest Over A Sheep Grazing Decision for 150,000 acres near Ketchum, Idaho - May 9, 2005
Stone Quarry Lawsuit Victory - April 14, 2005
BLM Juniper Destruction Stopped And Other Recent WWP News - March 3, 2005
Endangered Pygmy Rabbit One Step Closer To Protection - February 17, 2005
Wyoming Rancher’s Special Settlement Is Profiled in the Casper Star Tribune Today - January 6, 2005
New And Expanded Litigation Filed By WWP - December 14, 2004
WWP Wins Grazing Closure Of The 16,000 Acre Lacey Meadows Lease - November 23, 2004
RangeNet 2004 News, the Award of the Edward Abbey Memorial Hooved Locust Award, and late fall WWP News from Utah and Idaho - November 1, 2004
Fantastic Fall Wildlife News From Western Watersheds Project’s Greenfire Preserve - October 1, 2004
WWP Wins An Important Legal Victory Affirming the National Environmental Policy Act - September 16, 2004
A Massive Elko Nevada BLM Decision Is Stayed By Court Order - August 26, 2004
Two Major Court Wins For WWP and A Change For The 2004 Greenfire Revival - August 3, 2004
Federal Judge Henry Kennedy of the Federal Court In Washington, D.C. Denies Rancher/Intervenor Frank Robbins a Change In Venue - July 26, 2004
WWP Action Alert - July 26, 2004
WWP Makes Generous Offer To Retire The 16,000 Acre Lacey Meadows Lease Near Weippe, Idaho - July 14, 2004
A Concert In Boise and Cattle Finally Leave The Lower East Fork Allotments - June 28, 2004
A Pair Of Federal Court Victories - June 17, 2004
A Court Victory and A New Lawsuit Is Filed - May 11, 2004
WWP Takes Idaho Land Board to Court One More Time - May 4, 2004
Western Watersheds Wins Stay to Protect Craters of the Moon - April 9, 2004
Pole Fence Relocation Project At Greenfire Preserve A Big Success And WWP Sues the Bureau Of Land Management (Again) - March 29, 2004
Western Watersheds Project Wins Court Ruling on Upper Salmon Basin - March 9, 2004
March News from WWP - February 25, 2004
WWP Opens Office in California - February 16, 2004
Bureau Of Land Management Cancels Legal Settlement With Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins - January 23, 2004
January News from WWP - December 16, 2003
Fundraising Goals, WWP Job Openings and Legal News - December 2, 2003
WWP Appeals Forest Service Grazing Decision on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area - October 27, 2003
You Are Invited To Attend RangeNet 2003 on November 5-7 in Boulder, Colorado - October 21, 2003
Long Awaited Federal Grazing Buy Out Legislation Is Introduced in Washington, D.C. - October 15, 2003
WWP Opens New Offices In Idaho and Montana - October 1, 2003
WWP Sues The BLM In Washington D.C. Over The Frank Robbins Settlement in Worland, Wyoming - September 29, 2003
You Are Cordially Invited To The Third Annual Greenfire Revival September 12-14, 2003 - September 25, 2003
Bighorn National Forest Cancels Grazing Permit Of Well Known Wyoming Rancher Charles Kane of Sheridan - September 1, 2003
WWP Files Two New Lawsuits Against The BLM in S.E. Oregon and Central Idaho - July 16, 2003
WWP Announces The Opening Of its Fourth Office In Pinedale, Wyoming and Endangered Slickspot Peppergrass Denied ESA Listing By Bush Flunkies - July 3, 2003
Greenfire Preserve Summer News And BLM In Wyoming Comes Into WWP’s Legal Crosshairs - June 23, 2003
More On Thermopolis Hobby Rancher Frank Robbins From The Casper Star Tribune of June 22, 2003 - June 13, 2003
Wyoming Rancher (originally from Alabama) Uses Political Clout to Continue Abuse Of Public Lands - May 23, 2003
Please Provide Your Comments in Support of Alternative #3 (No Livestock Grazing) for the Upper and Lower East Fork Allotments in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area by May 30, 2003 - May 22, 2003
Nevada Grazing Permit Struck Down, and WWP and CBD File a Legal Complaint to Force the Listing of Montana’s Declining Arctic Grayling - April 30, 2003
Federal Court Bars Livestock in Jarbidge, Bruneau Watersheds - April 28, 2003
Please Comment on Bush Administration Proposed Changes to Federal Grazing Regulation Before May 2, 2003 - April 11, 2003
WWP Board Member Louise Wagenknecht’s Memoir “White Poplar, Black Locust” is Published, Conservation Groups Petition to List Pygmy Rabbits Under ESA, Conservation Groups Sue to Protect 1.3 Million Acres in Nevada - April 4, 2003
WWP to Federal Court: BLM Violates Law With Utah Grazing Permits; Federal Court Expands Order to Protect Wolves in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Recreation Area - March 5, 2003
Another Victory in Federal Court Rejecting Spurious Predator Killing in 15,000,000 Acres In Idaho - February 26, 2003
Groups Move to Protect Wolves and Stop Grazing in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Recreation Area; Montanan Artic Grayling Lawsuit Notice Letter Is Filed; Federal Grazing Fee Lawsuit Filed - February 3, 2003
Grazing Buyout News - January 14, 2003
WWP News - November 27, 2002
An Invitation & WWP Files Two New Lawsuits - November 15, 2002
A Great Court Victory, New Litigation, An Invitation, and WWP Board Meeting Schedule - October 24, 2002
In Nevada: A Successful Legal Settlement And A New Lawsuit And A Wolf Discussion Panel in Pocatello, Idaho October 29, 2002 - September 28, 2002
Three Upcoming Meetings & Conferences Readers May Find Of Interest - September 25, 2002
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Confirms Grazing Cutbacks in Owyhee County Idaho - September 5, 2002
WWP executive director Jon Marvel’s Email response to the Peter Jennings ABC News’ “Call of the Wild” program broadcast Tuesday evening September 3, 2002 - August 30, 2002
Idaho Land Board Reversed By Idaho District Court Judge Duff McKee; Idaho’s Wolves’ Conflicts With Public Lands Ranching To Be Featured on ABC News Special Report - August 8, 2002
Western Watersheds Project Announces Two Major Fall Events - July 19, 2002
Federal Judge Orders Protection For Wolves in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area - July 12, 2002
Two Excellent Editorials by WWP Staff and Board Are Published in the Idaho Statesman - June 26, 2002
Federal Court Motion Filed by WWP and ICL To Remove Livestock From Portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area In Follow Up To Federal Court Victory - June 14, 2002
Major Victory for Idaho’s Wolves in Sawtooth National Recreation Area Federal Court Decision - May 15, 2002
Falcons, Bats, Painting & Legal News - May 2, 2002
Heartwarming Wildlife & Legal News - April 10, 2002
Legal Updates & NPLGC News - April 6, 2002
Who to Contact Over the Killing of the White Hawk Wolf Pack - April 5, 2002
Entire Nine-Member White Hawk Wolf Pack Killed in Central Idaho by Government Gunners - March 25, 2002
Pleasantview Allotment Court Case Against the BLM Favorably Settled - March 22, 2002
Western Land Management Subsidized Cow Chow - February 27, 2002
Wolf Documentary Film Opens Today in Boise, Idaho - February 1, 2002
Western Watersheds Project Initiates Two Major Public Lands Accountability Actions - January 16, 2002
Good News from Greenfire Preserve - December 27, 2001
WWP and the Committee for Idaho’s High Desert Sue the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Over Mountain Quail Listing Petition - December 14, 2001
WWP, ONDA, and CIHD Sue the Vale District of the BLM in Oregon - December 11, 2001
The Gallatin National Forest extends Scoping Comment Period for the Horse Butte Cattle Allotment Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) where Yellowstone Bison are being killed because of the presence of public lands cattle. - December 3, 2001
Columnist John Balzer published the following excellent editorial in the Sunday, December 2, 2001 Los Angeles Times. - November 7, 2001
Recent Actions in WWP’s Public Lands Accountability Campaign - October 17, 2001
WWP Files New Lawsuit Against the Pocatello Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management - October 12, 2001
WWP Files New Lawsuit Against the Idaho Board of Land Commissioners - September 20, 2001
September News: Auction, Land Board, Dewatering and Greenfire Revival - September 5, 2001
Largest Permittee to End Cattle Grazing in Grand Teton National Park - August 31, 2001
WWP and CIHD File New Water Diversion Lawsuit - August 2, 2001
WWP and ICL Sue Sawtooth National Forest To Force Protection of Wolves. - July 13, 2001
Idaho Federal District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill Issues Temporary Restraining Order Preventing Any Irrigation Water Diversion From Otter Creek. - July 2, 2001
WWP to File Suit Against the Sawtooth National Forest - June 15, 2001
Western Watersheds Project Applies for 7,000 Acre Idaho School Endowment Land Grazing Lease - June 15, 2001
White Hawk Pack Wolves to Be Killed from Gun Ships By Government Agents - June 7, 2001
Conservation Groups Sue the Forest Service and the BLM - June 5, 2001
Former Pioneering National Forest Supervisor Injured in Automobile Accident; WWP Reaches Out of Court Settlement on Otter Creek Diversion; WWP Sends Out Another 75 Sixty Day Notice Letters of WWP’s Intention to Sue for Threatened Fish Habitat Destruction. - May 16, 2001
Cowboy Judge Blows Off Environmental Damage by Cattle on Smiths Fork Allotment - May 10, 2001
Conservation Groups File for Temporary Restraining Order Barring Livestock Turn-Out in South-West Wyoming - May 4, 2001
Federal Court Approved Settlement Stops Irrigation Diversion on Mahogany Creek - April 12, 2001
Idaho Federal District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill Awards WWP Another Victory - April 4, 2001
Conservation Groups Seek Emergency Protection for Rare Idaho Flower - March 30, 2001
BLM Buckles and Backs Down on Bully Creek: Conservationists Force BLM to Implement Grazing Changes in Eastern Oregon - March 21, 2001
Conservation Groups File Preliminary Injunction Motion to Prevent Any Water Diversion From Otter Creek - March 15, 2001
Conservation Groups File Grazing Lawsuit to Stop Cattle Turn-Out in Malheur County, Oregon - March 13, 2001
Idaho Watersheds Project Announces a Name Change to Western Watersheds Project and a New Web Site; Idaho Land Board Steps Backwards One more Time - February 16, 2001
Conservationists Seek to Halt Irrigation Diversion to Protect Bull Trout - January 29, 2001
Memorial Potluck for Paul Fritz - December 20, 2000
Conservation Groups File First ESA Lawsuits Against Ranchers Over Water Diversions in Upper Salmon River Watershed - December 13, 2000
Idaho Land Board Awards Lacey Meadows Grazing Lease to the Low Bidder in Probable Violation of Its Fiduciary Responsibility - October 27, 2000
Idaho Watersheds Project Becomes the Manager of 440 Acre Ranch With Over 50,000 Acres of Public Land Grazing Permits - October 16, 2000
Public Lands Ranching Kills Wolves TV Campaign Started By IWP - October 8, 2000
Section 9, Endangered Species Act Lawsuit Planned - October 3, 2000
Idaho Watersheds Project wins auction for 5,050 acre grazing lease in Cassia County in southern Idaho - August 24, 2000
Idaho Watersheds Project wins auction for 16,000 acre lease in Clearwater County in north Idaho - July 14, 2000
Another Federal Court Win for IWP - July 11, 2000
Seven Year Battle Ends with Victory for Idaho Watersheds Project - June 2, 2000
BPA Funds Idaho Grazing Aquisition to Protect Fish - June 1, 2000
Rancher Judge Blows Off the BLM - May 27, 2000
IWP Joins in Lawsuit to Enforce the Taylor Grazing Act - May 15, 2000
HUGE VICTORY AT THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT - May 1, 2000
IWP Files For a Record Number of Acres of Grazing Leases - April 15, 2000
Westslope Cutthroat Trout Petition Denied; Utah Ranchers Match IWP’s Bids for Utah School Trust Land Grazing Leases - April 6, 2000
Idaho Watersheds Project Awarded Grazing Permit By The Utah School & Institutional Trust Land Administration (SITLA) - March 24, 2000
Wyoming Ranchers Match Grazing Bids by IWP and Must Pay Double - March 17, 2000
Endangered Species Listing Petition Filed for Mountain Quail, a “Most Butifull Bird” - March 1, 2000
IWP Applies for 10,000 Acres in Wyoming and Utah - February 29, 2000
COURT IMPOSES INJUNCTION ON OWYHEE GRAZING - February 26, 2000
IWP appeals Samaria Allotment Grazing - February 14, 2000
Grazing on the Cliffs Allotment in Owyhee County to be Cut by 53% - February 8, 2000
Idaho Watersheds Project Awarded South Fork of Lime Creek Grazing Lease - February 4, 2000
Another Auction Victory ! - January 12, 2000
Victory ! - January 6, 2000
Great New Book on Public Lands Ranching; The Idaho Department of Lands Recommends that Idaho Watersheds Project be awarded 4 grazing leases on over 5000 acres of Idaho school trust lands. - December 6, 1999
“Golden Cowpie” Award Winners Announced by Idaho Watersheds Project - December 6, 1999
Late November News from IWP - November 9, 1999
Land Board Postpones Consideration of Grazing Lease Auctions - November 5, 1999
Land Board Memo Recommends Denial of Grazing Lease to IWP - October 18, 1999
Another Victory in Court - October 7, 1999
Jarbidge Confrontation Stamped Down - October 7, 1999
IWP Wins 2 State Grazing Leases on South Fork of Lime Creek watershed, Camas County Idaho - October 6, 1999
Jarbidge Vigilante Alert ! - September 29, 1999
Hewlett Ranch Appeals Grazing Lease Decision Won By IWP - September 29, 1999
3 Grazing Lease Auctions Highlight IWP Success - September 10, 1999
IWP Outbids Hewlett-Packard Heiress