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Revillagigedo Island in Alaska.
(Photo courtesy of Anita Gould)

Press Release September 30, 2026

Legal Action Seeks to Halt Old-Growth Logging Sale in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The sale is part of the massive South Revilla old-growth logging project near Ketchikan that would harm subsistence users, jeopardize wildlife, and drain taxpayer dollars

document September 30, 2026

Tongass South Revilla Preliminary Injunction Motion

A Southeast Alaska Tribe and two conservation groups filed a motion in federal court in Alaska to halt the first timber sale connected to a recently-approved, large-scale, old-growth logging project…

Polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with coveted metals like cobalt, nickel and manganese, taken from the ocean floor. (William West / AFP via Getty Images)

Press Release September 30, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Greenlighting of International Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit

The groups seek transparency in NOAA decision to advance The Metals Company application

document September 30, 2026

NOAA Deep Sea Mining Complaint

Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi and Center for Biological Diversity complain of the actions of Defendants National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NOAA Administrator Dr. Neil Jacobs, challenging NOAA's…

In the News: The Guardian September 25, 2026

Trump’s executive order on recreational fishing is a ‘giveaway of fish and ocean ecosystem’, advocates warn

Andrea Treece, Attorney, Oceans Program: “We should be looking at … ways we can actually conserve and foster more abundant fish populations for everybody instead of just killing off the competing predators in the ocean, which is just going to destabilize the system in the end.”

In the News: Heatmap News September 18, 2026

Trump’s move to gut endangered species protections draws a swift legal challenge

Ben Levitan, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “The government’s new legal position is a prescription for extinction.”

Press Release September 17, 2026

Bonneville Power Administration wants to raise customer rates – and is wrongly blaming emergency measures to protect salmon

Better decision-making by the federal hydropower agency could protect both Northwest consumers and imperiled salmon

Press Release September 17, 2026

Earthjustice Responds to Radical New Trump Administration Memo that Sanctions Killing of Endangered Species

New internal memo subverts the law by making it OK to kill endangered species — as long as it wasn’t intentional

The Lower Granite Dam is one of the four Lower Snake River dams.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)

From the Experts September 16, 2026

Court-Ordered Spill Provides a Lifeline for Columbia Basin Salmon

Additional water spilled over Columbia Basin dams is crucial for migrating juvenile salmon.

Sockeye salmon (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon)

feature September 16, 2026

Timeline: A Long Fight to Restore Snake River Salmon

Learn about the major events, court rulings, and where we are now in this long-standing fight.

Each spring, bison migrate across Yellowstone National Park's western boundary to reach lower elevation foraging areas — including Horse Butte — that provide the earliest new grass. (Jim Peaco / NPS)

Press Release September 14, 2026

State of Montana Moves to Drop Yellowstone Bison Suit Ahead of NPS Analysis

Fort Peck Tribes, conservation groups urge NPS to defend bison conservation progress

document September 14, 2026

Yellowstone Bison – Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss

The state of Montana moved to dismiss its lawsuit over Yellowstone National Park’s science-based bison management plan.

Red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlin and semipalmated sandpipers coming through the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, New Jersey, on May 23, 2022.
(Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)

Press Release September 14, 2026

On “Day Zero” for American Wildlife, Groups Across U.S. Denounce Trump’s Attack on Endangered Species’ Habitat

Bipartisan Members of Congress & former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Directors under Republican and Democrats have also denounced ESA "harm" rule

In the News: Colorado Sun September 10, 2026

BLM ignored wildlife migration when it leased Colorado land for oil and gas drilling, lawsuit claims

Clay Samford, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “There’s important big-game habitat, big-game migration corridors that are important to the people of Colorado and Wyoming in these sales.”

An octopus on the seafloor at Physalia Seamount in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-sea mining would threaten the rich ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean. (NOAA Okeanos Explorer)

From the Experts September 9, 2026

Why We Don’t Need to Mine the Deep Sea

As tech changes, better solutions are emerging

A school of rays swimming in the Northern Mariana Islands. (Charlie Jung / Getty Images)

Press Release September 8, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Mariana Islands Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale

Groups seek protection for imperiled species from destructive deep-sea mining activities

document September 8, 2026

Deep Sea Mining Mariana Islands Complaint

Plaintiffs Our Common Wealth 670, PåganWatch, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, and Center for Biological Diversity hereby complain of the actions of Defendants National Marine Fisheries Service and Secretary of Commerce…