News
Victory in the 9th Circuit!
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT: EPA BROKE THE LAW, MUST PLAN TO REDUCE COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVER TEMPERATURES Friday, December 20 — Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in our favor and ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect Columbia basin salmon and steelhead from dangerously warm river temperatures. Warm water, caused by large, shallow reservoirs…
Victory in Clean Water Act Suit Against Midas Gold on Behalf of Nez Perce Tribe
On Monday, December 16, Advocates for the West and the Nez Perce Tribe (Tribe) won a decisive victory against Canadian mining company Midas Gold Corp. We argued in Idaho federal court against Midas Gold’s motion to dismiss or stay our Clean Water Act lawsuit, which we brought with co-counsel from the Nez Perce Tribe Office of Legal Counsel. US District Court…
2019 Fall/Winter Case Notes
2019 has been Advocates for the West’s busiest year on record! Find out what we’ve been working on all year in our Fall/Winter edition of Case Notes. READ HERE
2019 Spring/Summer Case Notes
Get the latest on what Advocates for the West is doing to protect and defend the West’s public lands, water and wildlife. READ HERE
2018 Annual Report
Read here.
2018 Fall/Winter Newsletter
2018 Fall/Winter Newsletter
2018 Spring/Summer Case Notes
2018 Spring-Summer Case Notes
2017 Annual Report
2017 Annual Report
National Forests to Re-think Rubberstamping of Outdated Winter Travel Maps
Advocates for the West is pleased to announce that three western forests are re-thinking their continued reliance on outdated winter travel decisions. In response to our lawsuit, three Intermountain national forests withdrew winter motorized travel maps showing where snowmobiles and other “over-snow” motorized vehicles are allowed, while they consider impacts to imperiled wildlife. The Boise and Payette National Forests…
2017 Fall/Winter Newsletter
Click here to read our 2017 AFW Fall Newsletter
