Forest Service

November 12, 2014 | Press Release

Obama Administration and Arch Coal Decline to Appeal Judgment on Colorado's Backcountry Roadless Area

The lack of an appeal finalizes a victory judgment for conservation groups

October 16, 2014 | Article

Why These Colorado Aspen Trees Should Quake

Autumn’s beauty was on full display in Colorado’s aspen forests late last month. So was the Obama administration’s schizophrenic approach to climate and public lands policy.

August 22, 2014 | Press Release

Earthjustice Hits Forest Service with Two Lawsuits Challenging Old Growth Clear-Cutting in Tongass

Suits target Big Thorne timber sale and deficient forest management plan

August 21, 2014 | Press Release

Conservation Groups: Massive Big Thorne Timber Sale Deals a Severe Blow to the Tongass, Taxpayers

Largest old-growth timber sale in decades would destroy critical wildlife habitat, threaten southeast Alaska economy

January 23, 2014 | Article

Emergency Measure to Stop Wolf Killing in Idaho

Nine wolves already dead as Earthjustice goes to appeals court

January 17, 2014 | Article

Wolf Packs Targeted by Idaho Eradication Plan

Despite enacting the world’s first and best endangered species law, our hatred toward the wolf continues to loom large in some parts of this country. Consider Idaho, where the wolf lost its endangered species listing in 2011 and faces hostile measures.

April 18, 2013 | Article

Pick Your Wildlife Poison

It's hard to know, sometimes, who to trust with America’s wildlife.

For the most part, wildlife is managed by individual states, which do some good science and issue tags for hunting licenses. They are also, theoretically, on the front lines of ensuring that wildlife species don’t get into such trouble that the federal government needs to step in under the auspices of the Endangered Species Act.

February 13, 2013 | Article

What War On Coal?

In his State of the Union address, President Obama said some stirring things about climate change. Most dramatically, he urged Congress to take action and then said:

But if Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will.

December 27, 2012 | Article

The Top 10 unEarthed Stories of 2012

Blog posts about Earth's magnificent places and creatures were the most popular themes for unEarthed readers in 2012. By far the most-read post concerned Arctic drilling, followed by reports of bison being restored and wolves losing protection. Not shown in our top 10 blog posts, below, are the delightful tales of curious critters painted in words by our own Shirley Hao. Posts written years ago by Shirley are still being discovered and read by thousands of people every year.

October 19, 2012 | Article

Lies, Damned Lies And Coal Company Biologists

Coal companies have been blasting mountains, dumping waste rock into streams, and undermining private and public lands for more than a century. It’s apparently lucrative to do so.

But a recent filing by a coal company shows just how far they have drunk their own Kool-Aid (or coal ash?) in justifying the damage mining can cause.

The filing concerned Earthjustice’s efforts to protect the Sunset Roadless Area on the GMUG National Forest in western Colorado. The Sunset area is a landscape of pine, fir, and aspen stands, dotted with wet meadows and beaver ponds.

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