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In the News: WhoWhatWhy January 21, 2025

Not Out of the Woods: Grizzly Bears Stay on Endangered List but Trouble Looms

Mary Cochenour, Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “There are videos of 399 walking through downtown Jackson in the middle of the night with her four cubs … She could have very easily been attracted to garbage and such, but the community always pulled together and worked really hard to remove those attractants in order to keep…

Robin Cooley (Matt Nager for Earthjustice). Mike Freeman (Matt Nager for Earthjustice). Patti Goldman (Genna Martin / Earthjustice). Jenny Harbine (Eric Ian for Earthjustice). Tim Preso (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature January 15, 2025

Earthjustice is Leading the Fight for the Environment

Meet a handful of the Earthjustice lawyers who have fought the Trump administration and won. We’re prepared to do it again.

A grizzly bear in a Montana forest. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
Article January 8, 2025

How We’re Helping Grizzlies Come Back from the Brink

Grizzly bears are facing growing threats to their survival in the Northern Rockies. The government just took a step in the right direction by rejecting state appeals to remove their protections.

Grizzly bear near Wapiti Lake Trail in Yellowstone National Park. (Eric Johnston / NPS)
Press Release January 8, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Fish & Wildlife Service’s Grizzly Bear Decision

Decision keeps federal protections but changes geographic scope of protections

Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, May 19, 2020. (Jim Peaco / NPS)
feature January 8, 2025

A New Vision for Grizzly Recovery

Science shows that true recovery of grizzly bears requires a unified population with connected ecosystems.

Grizzly bear near Swan Lake in Yellowstone National Park. (Neal Herbert / NPS)
Press Release December 11, 2024

‘Grizzly Bears Not Recovered’ Says Leading Biologist, 15 Regional & National Groups Petition for New Recovery Vision

Former U.S. Fish & Wildlife Grizzly Coordinator updates his own 30-year-old Recovery Plan

document December 11, 2024

Petition to U.S. FWS: Grizzly Bears

To revise the 1993 Recovery Plan for grizzly bears in the U.S. Northern Rockies using a metapopulation approach for lasting and sustainable recovery

Grizzly bear sow and cubs near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (Eric Johnston / NPS)
Press Release December 3, 2024

Local & National Groups Sue to Stop Unlimited Bitterroot Road Building

Local advocates tap Earthjustice to bring lawsuit aiming to protect vital grizzly bear corridor

document December 3, 2024

Bitterroot Complaint

Local and national wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout; both of which are listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Grizzly bear near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (A. Falgoust / NPS)
Article November 12, 2024

Project 2025 Means Gutting Key Environmental Laws. We’ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2024

What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment – and How We Will Respond

The policy playbook from the Heritage Foundation would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

Grizzly 399 and three of her cubs walk down Pilgrim Creek Road in Grand Teton National Park on May 19, 2013.
(Courtesy of Tom Mangelsen)
Press Release October 24, 2024

Earthjustice Statement on the Death of Grizzly 399, Caused by an Auto Collision

If 399’s death is not to be in vain, we should work to better protect grizzlies through better wildlife management practices

First light strikes the summit of Mount Moran, painting the sky orange as a female grizzly wades a shallow bend in the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of Thomas D. Mangelsen)
feature October 23, 2024

“A Lens Into Their Lives”: The Grizzlies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

Louie Wagner Jr. casts for ooligan on the Unuk River, as his family has for generations. (Sonia Luokkala / SEITC)
Article September 18, 2024

Rampant Gold Mining in British Columbia Threatens Salmon and Indigenous Rights

Toxic gold mining along rivers crossing the British Columbia-Alaska border threatens critical ecosystems and the sovereign rights of Alaska Native communities.

Grizzly bear in Grand Teton National Park. (Jackie Skaggs / National Park Service)
Press Release September 10, 2024

Idaho, Montana & National Groups Put Feds on Notice on Bitterroot Road Building

Earthjustice will go to court to protect critical connective ecosystem for grizzly bears

document September 10, 2024

60-Day Notice: Bitterroot Road Building

Earthjustice filed notice that it will challenge federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout.

Emisiones de una chimenea en la central eléctrica Mitchell, una planta de energía a carbón, en Moundsville, Virginia Occidental. (Lauren Petracca para Earthjustice)
Article September 6, 2024

¿Qué Haría el Proyecto 2025 con el Medio Ambiente y Cómo Responderemos?

El manual de políticas de la Fundación Heritage nos quitaría derechos a un aire y agua limpios, además de un planeta saludable.

A young gray wolf.
(Paul Carpenter / Getty Images)
Press Release August 28, 2024

Idaho Wolf-Trapping Brochure Misleads Public About Judge’s Binding Order

Idaho Fish and Game brochure distributed to sport shops ignores grizzly bear protections