Case: Center for Biological Diversity and Idaho Conservation League v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
December 23, 2025 — In response to our litigation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordered the Idaho Club to stop construction on a commercial marina and lakeside housing development at the mouth of Trestle Creek on Lake Pend Oreille. The Corps’ permit authorized marina construction only after completion of the planned reroute of Trestle […]
Case: Cascadia Wildlands, Willamette Riverkeeper, Oregon Wild, and Native Fish Society v. Eugene Water and Electric Board
April 22, 2026 — Advocates for the West and our partners submitted a petition to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting a cost and viability comparison of volitional passage at the Trail Bridge Dam on the McKenzie River, and interim improvements to temporary fish passage protocols pending the long-delayed installation of permanent fish passage. […]
Case: Save the South Fork Salmon, Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Rivers United, Earthworks, Center for Biological Diversity, and American Rivers v. U.S. Forest Service, et al.
August 25, 2026 — Advocates for the West and our partners filed an appeal seeking to reverse federal agencies’ unlawful approval of the Stibnite Gold Project and halt Perpetua Resources’ initial mine construction. The proposed open-pit cyanide leach gold mine would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm threatened species and permanently scar thousands of […]