The taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for grazing either.
Let’s talk a bit about the public lands grazing fee that Cliven Bundy refused to pay. The Forest Service (FS) has been charging fees to graze private livestock on federal lands since 1906 and the...
View ArticleCliven Bundy’s Shell Game: Why it Matters to the Tortoise that BLM Finishes...
Many of Cliven Bundy’s supporters in the Bunkerville showdown last weekend were saying things like, “It’s not about the tortoise,” and making the issue of long term trespass into a sign that the U.S....
View ArticleThree Ways to Reform the Public Lands Grazing Program
The dust has settled on the Cliven Bundy debacle and the media has moved onto the next spectacle. The Obama Administration should take this opportunity to do a little housekeeping on its...
View ArticleThe future of Mexican gray wolf reintroduction program
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) with revisions to the reintroduction program for the Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) in...
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It’s the ecology, stupid
Because of the current open comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Proposed Rule Changes for Mexican Wolf Reintroduction and the recent hearings on the same, I’ve been...
View ArticleGovernors Vote to Further Endanger Sage-Grouse
The Western Governors’ Association met earlier this month in Colorado to discuss, among other things, plans to oppose federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection for Greater sage-grouse and...
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An Open Letter to BLM Director Neil Kornze
February 2, 2016 Dear Mr. Kornze, During last month’s armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, several articles reported that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) – the agency you lead–...
View ArticleLawsuit Challenges End to Federal Monitoring for Northern Rocky Wolves
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release, March 9, 2016 Aggressive State-sanctioned Hunting, Trapping Should Trigger Ongoing Federal Oversight of Idaho, Montana Wolves VICTOR, Idaho— The Center for...
View ArticleForest Service Increases Rogue Rancher’s Use by 70% for 2016
When Adrian Sewell of New Mexico made a big show of traveling to the besieged Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January to tear up his grazing permit and denounce the Forest Service, it was...
View ArticleWhy let a multinational mining company graze livestock in Arizona’s precious...
Summer in Arizona reminds us all of the area’s most precious habitat: riparian forests that provide cool, canopied respite from the blazing sun. The cool, clear waters and the shade trees are valuable...
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Privatized or Not, Public Lands Will Suffer Under Trump
The straw-grasping began almost as soon as the shock wore off. Conservationists began searching for a sign that Donald Trump might care about something other than money and winning. They dug up a...
View ArticleRecovery Ought to Mean More Lobos in More Places
by Greta Anderson and Sandy Bahr The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has just released a recovery plan for the lobo that will remove federal Endangered Species Act protections long before a stable,...
View ArticleStates’ Efforts to Derail Lobo Recovery
When the new draft recovery plan for Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi), a.k.a. lobos, came out at the end of June, there were immediate concerns about the scuttling of science that resulted in the...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE 8/1: Western Watersheds Project Overturns Grazing Decision on...
Stale data, failure to improve poor habitat conditions doom grazing project For immediate release, August 1, 2017 Media contact: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878;...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed Today to Protect Idaho Bighorn Sheep from Deadly Diseases
For immediate release 10/17/17 Media contacts: Scott Lake, Western Watersheds Project (208) 429-1679 Laurie Rule, Advocates for the West (503) 914-6388 Sarah McMillan, WildEarth Guardians (406)...
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Holding out Hope for the Arizona Game and Fish Commission
When members of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission’s recommendation board met last week, they interviewed four candidates for the commission’s open seat. All four were white males and most had...
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Planning to Fail at Sage-grouse Conservation
Photo by Erik Molvar by Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project The Trump administration has just launched a process to dismantle the greater sage-grouse land-use plan amendments that were put in place...
View ArticleBundy Court Decision Didn’t OK Illegal Grazing
LAS VEGAS— Conservation groups have called on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to round up and remove the cattle of rancher Cliven Bundy, who has been illegally grazing his livestock on public lands for...
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Reports of Record Wolf Depredations Based on Misinformation
Photo IDFG By Scott Lake, Idaho Director Western Watersheds Project The Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission has been claiming that wolves killed a record number of livestock last year. But that’s...
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Congressional Bill Short-Circuits Public Process at Point Reyes National...
By Laura Cunningham, California Director Western Watersheds Project Free-roaming elk near Drake’s Beach. An environmentally harmful bill is swiftly moving through the House of Representatives. HR 6687...
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