Our fight to #ProtectRedCliffs NCA took a crucial step forward last week. 🐢 Bureau of Land Management - National & @usfws released a draft SEIS to reconsider the proposed highway through tortoise habitat. 📢 Stay tuned for how to make your voice heard! For more info, visit bit.ly/3UFbnin

“My big takeaway on the SEIS is that [federal officials have] erected a mountain of objective, scientific evidence that demonstrates the highway’s impact on the Mojave desert tortoise would be even greater than we thought before,” Tucci with Advocates for the West said.

Advocates for the West & our partners at WildEarth Guardians & Western Watersheds filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to ensure cattle grazing on the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in MT does not harm wildlife. Learn more 🔗: bit.ly/4dG1WaS

Advocates for the West filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for determining that a Rivers and Harbors Act permit was not required for a proposed refinery and rail yard at Port Westward, OR, threatening farmland & homes.🍅 🥬 🏠 🔗: bit.ly/4aMERAG

We're excited to share the latest edition of our #CaseNotes newsletter! Read about how Advocates for the West is fighting to protect biodiversity needed to provide climate resilience & enjoy incredible artwork by Josh Udesen. 🔗: bit.ly/3RfcAMi #WinfortheWest

This week, Advocates for the West filed a lawsuit on behalf of our partners at Center for Biological Diversity against the BLM for failing to protect shortgrass prairie in Colorado’s #PawneeNationalGrassland from continued oil and gas extraction. Learn more at the 🔗: bit.ly/4cmk48g

Department of the Interior has released a comprehensive Tribal Circumstances Analysis documenting the devastating impacts of dams on Columbia Basin Tribes & providing critical recommendations Treaty and trust responsibilities. Read more from Nez Perce Tribe: bit.ly/3VyGRH4

Yesterday, a federal court judge denied Simplot's motion to dismiss our lawsuit over decades of unlawful pollution discharges into the #SnakeRiver at the Grand View feedlot. 🐄 💩 Learn more at the 🔗: bit.ly/3srXSIA #CleanWater #CleanWaterAct #CAFOpollution

Today, Advocates for the West and the Idaho Conservation League won a significant victory for rivers & streams in ID and throughout the U.S. 🌊 SCOTUS upheld the longstanding requirement that suction dredge miners must obtain a #CleanWaterAct permit. Learn more: bit.ly/3zC2bUP

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Last week, we took legal action along with Conservation Lands Foundation, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance & The Wilderness Society 🌳 to defend Bureau of Land Management - National's recently finalized #PublicLandsRule, which reiterates that conservation is part of the BLM’s multiple-use mission. 🏞️🦅💧 Learn more: bit.ly/3WKrvkE

Today, Advocates for the West won a significant victory along with our partners at The Xerces Society & Center for Biological Diversity over a federal program allowing insecticide spraying on millions of acres in 17 western states to kill 🦗. Visit the 🔗 to learn more: bit.ly/3WNbkTH

Huge congrats to Advocates for the West 2024 summer Law Clerk Sierra Meggitt! Getches-Wilkinson Center @ColoLaw announced that Sierra received the 2024 Natural Resources Law Outstanding Student Award. Way to go, Sierra! bit.ly/3yxFO2P #EnvironmentalLaw #ConservationCareers

Will you be in McCall, ID on on 9/11? If so, join Advocates for the West, Idaho Conservation League, Nez Perce Tribe & Save The South Fork Salmon to learn about threats from the proposed Stibnite Gold Mine. Enjoy music, food & drinks & get involved to #StopStibnite! 🔗: bit.ly/3T6fSCq

🌟 Our first-ever Bright Stars of Tomorrow auction will go LIVE on Monday 9/9! The auction features experiences and items celebrating the West & proceeds will benefit future cohorts of our Law Clerks, Externs, and Interns program. Sign up to bid! bit.ly/3XvlCIu

The Forest Service has released a final environmental review and draft record of decision for the Stibnite Gold Mine in Valley County, ID. While disappointing, Advocates for the West and our partners stand firm to #StopStibnite. Learn more at the 🔗: bit.ly/3MGi14o