By Holly Snow Canada (The following first appeared as a letter to the editor in the St. George News.) The iconic red cliff wonderland crowning our city is protected, for now, from a four-lane highway thanks to tens of thousands of public comments and a recent U.S. District Court decision. The proposed Northern Corridor Highway […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that professional gold miner Shannon Poe violated the federal Clean Water Act when he dumped suction dredge mining waste into the South Fork of the Clearwater River without a required pollution permit. The South Fork of the Clearwater is a State Protected River and provides […]
The U.S. District Court issued an opinion and granted in part a motion by federal defendants, remanding the 2021 approval of the Northern Corridor Highway right-of-way through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA) in southwestern Utah. The court decision paves the way for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to reconsider their […]
Advocates for the West and our partners won a strong victory to protect Oregon spotted frogs on Jack Creek within the Antelope Allotment of central Oregon’s Fremont-Winema National Forest. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) fell short of its obligations under the Endangered Species Act when […]
We’re joined by Mark Salvo from Oregon Natural Desert Association and Advocates for the West Senior Attorney Todd Tucci to discuss a three-pronged strategy for effectively implementing conservation policy—advocacy, litigation, and public education—through the lens of sage-grouse protection. We also highlight how Advocates for the West and our partners are utilizing this approach to defend […]
Advocates for the West and our partners are speaking out against a mining exploration project proposal in the headwaters of the Boise River, posing major threats to water quality, fish, and wildlife. The groups succeeded in blocking variations of the project twice before. Idaho Copper is seeking approval from the U.S. Forest Service to construct […]
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Advocates for the West filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to compel Mountain Home Air Force Base to release public records as required by law. The records relate to the Air Force’s proposal to expand and intensify military aircraft trainings over the Owyhee Canyonlands of southwestern Idaho, southeastern Oregon, and northern Nevada. […]
We’re joined by author Steven Hawley for a conversation about his book Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World and the mess made by America’s dam-building binge of the 20th century. Hawley is writer and co-producer of the award-winning documentary, “Dammed to Extinction,” and the author of Recovering a Lost River. In […]
Advocates for the West filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its failure to abide by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to determine the prioritization and timing of environmental analyses for livestock grazing allotments on public lands. This has resulted in […]