Trump’s fix is in on Point Reyes
Ranchers seeking to extend grazing leases at Point Reyes National Seashore have found a new ally in Donald Trump. At a signing ceremony for two Executive Orders at the White House earlier this month,...
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Collective Ignorance of Ecosystems
A forest stand on the Deschutes NF which has been ecologically damaged by logging. Note the absence of tree age diversity, lack of dead wood and snags, and any shrub layer. This is what the Forest...
View ArticleWestern Watersheds Project’s statement on new Wilderness bill in Malheur County
For Immediate Release: November 14, 2019 Contact: Scott Lake, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 429-1679; scott@westernwatersheds.org Proposed Malheur legislation sacrifices land heath, elevates...
View ArticleComments on Deschutes River Conservation Plan
Fish and Wildlife Service Deschutes River Habitat Conservation Plan comments The following are comments on the Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) are submitted on behalf of Restore Our...
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Feds Sued for Resuscitating Zombie Grazing Permit, Putting Restoration...
Western Watersheds Project sued the Arizona Bureau of Land Management today for bringing a long-dead grazing permit back to life and handing it off to a new permittee without any public process. WWP’s...
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Annual Bison Carnage
Bison Yellowstone NP, Wyoming Hunters gutting bison shoot on Gallatin NF by Gardiner Montana State, federal and tribal representatives voted again to slaughter 600-900 Yellowstone Park bison this...
View ArticleWashington Legislature Report is a Strong First Step in Ending Domestic...
Matt Shea (R-Spokane), a member of the Washington State House of Representatives, has been kicked out of the Republican caucus for planning, engaging in, or supporting Cliven Bundy domestic terrorism....
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Oregon Owyhee Wilderness Legislation Benefits Ranchers
North Fork Owyhee River Oregon Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley have introduced the ‘‘Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act’’ (MCEOA). The senators can be commended for taking on such a...
View ArticleRemoving Prieto Wolves is Not the Answer
Wolves are smart, family-oriented animals and science demonstrates that problems with livestock increase following wolf removals. So why does the government keep removing wolves in response to conflict...
View ArticleTrump’s environmental review rollback puts ranchers in charge of public lands
*This piece is authored by Talasi Brooks, Staff Attorney at Western Watersheds Project President Trump’s proposed new rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations will not only...
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Preserve the sacred lands of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Hiker, MollieMatteson, Windy Pass, Gallatin Range Proposed Wilderness Gallatin NF Wilderness designation preserves many values. Designated wilderness is a storehouse for carbon and insurance against...
View ArticleQuestion Wilderness Collaboration
Recently there has been a spate of commentaries advocating collaboration as a means of resolving issues surrounding which public lands should be given the “Gold Standard” of wilderness protection under...
View ArticleNEPA overhaul seeks to cut the public out of public lands decisions
The Trump administration is stampeding ahead with a rewrite of the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This landmark law requires federal agencies to study—and let...
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Greater Yellowstone Coalition: Wildlife Friendly or Rancher Friendly?
Stream dried up for irrigation of livestock forage. Photo by George Wuerthner Recently the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) announced they were working to reduce the wildlife impacts of fences. Not...
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Deschutes River water removal is a privilege not right
The Deschutes River was once one of the gems of the West. Due to numerous springs, its flow was nearly constant throughout the year. Clean and cold, it supported huge numbers of native trout, and other...
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Cheatgrass, Wildfire and Livestock Grazing.
Cow beat lands, Whitehorse Butte Allotment, Trout Creek Mountains, Oregon The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is rewriting its grazing regulations to allow more “flexibility” into range management....
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Lolo NF Timber Sale Harms Forest Health
Clearcuts in Montana The Forest Service is once again demonstrating its Industrial Forestry bias with its proposal to treat 3,790 acres by Cruzane Mountain in the Lolo National Forest. An acre is...
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Save the Great Burn Proposed Wilderness
Backpacker above Heart Lake, Great Burn, Lolo National Forest, Montana Big western red cedar, West Fork Fish Creek, Great Burn, Lolo National Forest, Montana The 275,000-acre Great Burn proposed...
View ArticleOil industry uses pandemic as excuse to dodge federal regulations, fees
In an act of appalling hubris, the oil and gas industry is asking the federal government to loosen enforcement of federal regulations on public lands in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Kathleen...
View ArticleNez Perce-Clearwater Forest Plan Has No Accountability
Note: I am posting this on behalf of the Friends of the Clearwater. The Forest Service is currently accepting public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the forest plan revision...
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