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A Rice’s whale — one of the world’s rarest whales — observed in the western Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The species is the only large whale species that lives year-round in North American waters. (Paul Nagelkirk / NOAA Fisheries - NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit #21938)
Press Release March 16, 2026

Trump Administration Trying to Strip Protections From Gulf Marine Life

Move would threaten rare whales, fish, rays, sea turtles, and corals

Tongass National Forest, Kuiu Island, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The Roadless Rule protects about half of the Tongass, the crown jewel of the National Forest system and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
From the Experts March 13, 2026

Now Is the Time to Speak for the Tongass

A revision of the forest plan for the Tongass National Forest is now underway.

Sworls of Montipora aequituberculata, a core coral, attract fish at Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, about 1,300 miles southwest of Honolulu. (Jim E. Maragos / USFWS)
Article March 9, 2026

3 Wins for the Environment Against the Trump Administration

The Trump administration’s onslaught on the environment is intense, but Earthjustice is using the power of the law to fight back.

A view of wildflowers and the Mule Mountains located in Chuckwalla National Monument. (Bob Wick / BLM)
Press Release March 5, 2026

Court Allows Organizations to Intervene In Lawsuit to Defend Chuckwalla National Monument

Conservation, education, veteran, and recreation groups fight to protect critical Southern California public lands in Chuckwalla National Monument

Press Release March 3, 2026

Florida Contó con $1.4 mil Millones en Fondos Federales para el Centro de Detención de los Everglades

Los archivos recién publicados muestran claramente que el centro de detención, conocido como “Alligator Alcatraz”, es un proyecto federal. La instalación está perjudicando las aguas, la flora y fauna en peligro de extinción en uno de los parajes naturales más preciados del estado

The migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Everglades on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)
Press Release March 3, 2026

Florida Banked on $1.4 Billion in Federal Funds for Everglades Detention Center

The newly released files clearly show that the detention center, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” is a federal project. The facility is harming the waters and endangered plants and animals in one of Florida’s most cherished wild places.

document March 2, 2026

On the U.S. Interpretation of ICCAT Recommendation 22-10

Requesting NOAA’s immediate action to ensure that United States fisheries targeting Western Atlantic bluefin tuna and United States fishery managers in charge of regulating these fisheries operate in full compliance with the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), and all other applicable law.

The Canyon Creek watershed provides spawning and rearing habitat for all five species of Pacific salmon.
(Vasik Olga / Shutterstock)
Update February 27, 2026

Court Orders Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Salmon

The court’s decision orders federal agencies to implement important, immediate steps to ensure Northwest salmon don’t go extinct.

Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Little Redfish Lake Creek, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. Salmon will have greater access to spawning grounds in Idaho if the lower Snake River dams are removed.
(Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release: Victory February 25, 2026

Court Orders Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

Federal defendants ordered to change Columbia Basin hydropower operations to protect endangered salmon and steelhead

document February 25, 2026

Columbia-Snake: Preliminary Injunction Request Court Order and Opinion

A federal court in Oregon ordered federal agencies to change operations of the Columbia Basin hydropower system in critical ways to help improve salmon survival.

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Press Release February 25, 2026

Groups Seek to Halt Recently-Passed Utah Laws from Derailing Great Salt Lake Lawsuit

Motion filed for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction over unconstitutional application of H.B. 392 and S.J.R 5

document February 25, 2026

Motion for TRO and PI: Great Salt Lake

Conservation and community groups filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the transfer of a landmark public trust suit to protect the Great Salt Lake to a new three judge panel.

document February 23, 2026

ICCAT: On Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Letter from the United States Delegation regarding recreational catches of western Atlantic bluefin tuna and related comments

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
(NOAA Okeanos Explorer)
feature February 23, 2026

What You Should Know About The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

An abuse of executive power seeks to roll back prohibitions on commercial fishing

(Patrick J. Endres / Getty Images)
Article February 19, 2026

Why We’re Fighting Trump on Multiple Fronts to Protect the Arctic

The administration wants to maximize oil and gas drilling in Arctic regions of the U.S. We’re in court to stop them.

A bison grazes at American Prairie.
(Ami Vitale for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 6, 2026

American Prairie Challenges BLM’s Proposed Revocation of Bison Grazing Permits

The administration’s proposal sets a dangerous precedent on public land management, reversing longstanding practice

document February 6, 2026

American Prairie Protest

American Prairie challenged a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal that, if approved, will revoke grazing permits used to sustain the group’s bison herd in north-central Montana.

document February 5, 2026

60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue: Endangered Species Act Violations Related to the Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Conservation groups represented by Earthjustice issued a letter to the Bureau of Land Management and to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum providing the required 60-day notice of the groups’ intent to sue federal agencies for violating the Endangered Species Act. The letter alerts agencies that the groups plan to sue to protect threatened polar bears from oil and gas leasing and extraction in the Western Arctic.