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Protecting Fish & Wildlife

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    • Elaine French (Ketchum, ID)
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    • Erin Hogan-Freemole
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    • Holly Bainbridge
    • Janette Brimmer (Seattle, WA)
    • Joel Moffett (Suquamish, WA)
    • Laurie Rule
    • Lelei Coyle, Secretary (Boise, ID)
    • Lizzy Potter
    • Marla Fox (Camas, WA)
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    • Peter Grubb (Coeur d’Alene, ID)
    • Sarah Stellberg
    • Sophie Hackett
    • Todd C. Tucci
    • Will Shoemaker

WILDLIFE in the WEST

Threatened and endangered species in the West cover the gamut. They are bighorn sheep and wolves. They are sage-grouse and salmon. They are pygmy rabbits and spotted frogs.

Our wildlife cases wield the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and others to halt habitat destruction – unchecked grazing, industrial development, mining exploration, obsolete dams – wildlife in the West face these and many other threats daily.

As climate change and human activities cause the loss and fragmentation of habitats, our work becomes increasingly vital. We strive to protect and boost diminishing wildlife populations – from the mighty bighorn to the fragile frog.

Bighorn Sheep — Hells Canyon and Salmon River

Bighorn Sheep — Hells Canyon and Salmon River

Case: Western Watersheds Project v. U.S. Forest Service

June 14, 2012 — In a court hearing, Judge Winmill ruled from the bench in favor of protecting bighorn sheep on the Payette National Forest. The Forest Service had decided in 2010 to close almost 70% of the Payette National Forest to domestic sheep grazing to protect the native bighorn populations in the area from […]

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Jarbidge Sage-Grouse

Jarbidge Sage-Grouse

Case: Western Watersheds Project v. Tom Dyer, Rick Vandervoet, Bureau of Land Management

April 14, 2011 — A federal judge has ordered BLM to close to livestock grazing 17 allotments in the Jarbidge Field Office in southwestern Idaho, and has given Simplot Livestock and other permittees about two weeks to remove all livestock from the closed areas.  Animating the court’s decision was the continuing collapse of sage-grouse populations […]

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Forest Service grazing categorical exclusions

Forest Service grazing categorical exclusions

Case: Western Watersheds Project, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service

November 11, 2010 — After the parties partially settled this case, the Forest Service still tried to move the remainder of Plaintiffs’ case from the Northern District of California to the Eastern District of California.  In a short but sweet Order, the Court denied this motion and retained the case. May 30, 2008 — We […]

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Sage-Grouse ESA Listing

Sage-Grouse ESA Listing

Case: Western Watersheds Project, Center for Biological Diversity, and WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

June 28, 2010 — WildEarth Guardians and Center for Biological Diversity joined Western Watershed Project as our clients challenging the decision. June 28, 2010 — Representing our client Western Watersheds Project, we filed a complaint in Idaho federal court on Monday, March 8, 2010 to challenge the decision by US Fish and Wildlife Service that […]

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