By Mike Medberry March 9, 2017 Featured image of petroglyphs at Bears Ears courtesy of Patagonia. Watch their stunning footage of Bears Ears National Monument and learn how you can help protect this special place today! A flash flood from a distant storm in Slickhorn Canyon on Cedar Mesa almost washed my girlfriend and me down […]
By Staff Attorney Bryan Hurlbutt February 23, 2017 Scott Pruitt, Trump’s new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, made his first remarks to EPA employees on Tuesday. True to form, Pruitt warned employees to “avoid” regulatory “abuses” – confirming our fears that Pruitt is more interested in undermining the EPA than leading it. Described as an “anti-environment warrior” […]
Boise, ID – December 2, 2013: Advocates for the West, a Boise-based nonprofit public interest environmental law firm, announces the appointment of Wendy Wilson as the organization’s incoming Executive Director. Laird Lucas, founder of AW, will continue with the organization and assumes a new role as Litigation Supervisor for the growing legal staff on January […]
On the evening of August 8th, Advocates for the West partnered with the Nez Perce Tribe and filed a suit against the US Forest Service for failing to uphold the requirements of a federal court order issued in February stating that the USFS has a legal responsibility to protect the Wild and Scenic River corridor. This latest suit alleges that the USFS’s failure […]