We’re joined by Hilary Eisen, Policy Director at Winter Wildlands Alliance, and Marla Fox, Staff Attorney at WildEarth Guardians, along with Advocates for the West Senior Attorney Laurie Rule. We discuss the evolution of winter recreation on our western National Forests, motorized impacts to wildlife and natural resources, and the need to conserve land and […]
We’re joined by Marc Liverman, co-author of the paper “Livestock Use on Public Lands in the Western USA Exacerbates Climate Change: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation,” along with Advocates for the West Senior Attorney Todd Tucci and Staff Attorney Andrew Missel. The panel examines the nexus between public lands grazing and a changing […]
This week, Advocates for the West reached a settlement requiring the Forest Service to develop an additional alternative with reduced road construction and commercial logging for the Sage Hen Restoration Project on Idaho’s Boise National Forest. The original project also included thinning and prescribed fire, along with some watershed restoration activities, on 68,000 acres of […]
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We’re joined by David Mildrexler of Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands, Angela Sondenaa of the Nez Perce Tribe, Rob Klavins from Oregon Wild, Jared Kennedy of Greater Hells Canyon Council, and Bryan Hurlbutt from Advocates for the West. The panel discusses how new opportunities to explore this landscape can bring new voices into the effort to protect […]
Advocates for the West is celebrating another sound victory for the protection of Idaho’s South Fork of the Clearwater River. The South Fork of the Clearwater is a State Protected River and provides critical habitat for salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and other sensitive species. This week, federal Magistrate Judge Raymond Patricco levied a $150,000 fine […]
This week, Advocates for the West filed a lawsuit challenging the Converse County Oil & Gas Project in the southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The massive 5,000 oil well project, approved under the Trump Bureau of Land Management, is projected to have a major impact on air quality locally and regionally, including in treasured landscapes of […]
Today, Advocates for the West filed a Petition for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect scenic and historic values from a proposed 195-foot commercial cell tower on a ridge overlooking Idaho’s iconic Red Fish Lake. We filed the petition on behalf of the Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association and the Idaho […]
This week, Advocates for the West filed a settlement agreement sending the Bureau of Land Management back to its planning desk to reconsider the impacts of livestock grazing on the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (NCA)—a free-flowing river oasis in southeastern Arizona. The court-approved settlement compels the Bureau to reconsider the compatibility of grazing […]
Advocates for the West recently appealed an air quality permit issued by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to Perpetua Resources Idaho, Inc. for its proposed Stibnite Gold Project east of McCall, Idaho. Advocates for the West represents the Nez Perce Tribe and Idaho Conservation League in this appeal, which was filed together with Save the South Fork Salmon. […]