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Federal government, not state, will remain in charge of wetlands permitting under the Clean Water Act

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that permits to build in wetlands should stay in the hands of federal regulators rather than the state of Florida.

Suit claims Bureau of Land Management walked away from 2015 commitments to sage-grouse to benefit oil and gas industry

Montana Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and The Wilderness Society sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its abandonment of critical protections for the declining greater sage-grouse.

60-day notice states recently-approved West Reservoir Project could harm grizzly bears and bull trout

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan notified the Trump administration of their intent to sue over the recently-approved West Reservoir timber project in Flathead National Forest, which would allow for new roadbuilding that could harm federally-protected grizzly bears and bull trout.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.