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Advocates for the West is celebrating a sound victory for threatened Upper Willamette River wild spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez of Oregon federal court outlined the actions that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) must immediately take to protect these imperiled species from extinction. In a strongly worded draft order,…

Advocates for the West filed suit against the Arizona Bureau of Land Management (Bureau) for failing to protect the native plants, wildlife, and cultural resources found within the Sonoran Desert National Monument from the devastating impacts of livestock grazing.

Advocates for the West is celebrating another sweeping win to protect the imperiled sage-grouse from oil and gas drilling approved by the Trump Administration. Our Staff Attorney Sarah Stellberg masterfully handled this case on behalf of clients Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds Project, along with Executive Director Laird Lucas. On Wednesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush suspended new drilling and…

Advocates for the West is celebrating a sound victory against suction dredge miner Shannon Poe of California for violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) by operating a suction dredge on Idaho’s South Fork of the Clearwater River for 42 days last summer without a CWA permit. We filed suit against Poe on behalf of Idaho Conservation League (ICL). Chief…

Advocates for the West recently filed suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to halt a plan approved under the Trump Administration that would punch a four-lane highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in southern Utah. The planned highway would pave over a protected, sensitive, scenic desert paradise in southwest Utah,…

A series of outdoor events. ROOTS ZERO WASTE MARKET | GARDEN CITY | June 4th | 5 to 7pm  GALLERY FIFTY-FIVE | MCCALL | June 12th | 4 to 6pm COLTER’S CREEK WINERY TASTING ROOM | MOSCOW | June 15 – July 8th(CLOSING SHOW JULY  8TH, DETAILS TBA) Confluence is a collaboration between the contemporary landscape painter, Rachel Teannalach, and Advocates for…

Yesterday, Staff Attorney Bryan Hurlbutt argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to defend our 2019 victory ordering that the Forest Service take action to protect salmon, steelhead, and bull trout from harmful irrigation diversions in Idaho’s Sawtooth Valley. The water users appealed the district court decision, but we were ready to defend our win for the Idaho Conservation League and…

Advocates for the West is hiring an Operations Manager. Location: Boise, Idaho Start Date: June 14, 2021 Summary of Position The Operations Management (OM) is responsible for the smooth business operations of the Boise and Portland offices. The OM has primary responsibility for day-to-day financial operations, office management and coordination of support services to our attorneys, development…

Judge Rules Against Federal Sheep Station Grazing in Idaho’s Centennial Mountains.  Last week, Advocates for the West secured a strong victory for bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, and other vulnerable wildlife in the Centennial Mountains. Judge Bush ruled in our favor in federal court to halt the reauthorization and expansion of domestic sheep grazing  in and…

Today, Advocates for the West completed briefing for a Preliminary Injunction to halt domestic sheep grazing in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in our latest effort to protect bighorn sheep in Washington. Pending the outcome of our lawsuit filed late last year representing WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project, the injunction cites the potential catastrophic outcomes to wild bighorn in Washington if grazing…