The Latest On: Biodiversity
How a Proposed Update to the Nation’s Fisheries Law Will Keep Our Oceans Healthy
Fight over US wolf protections goes before federal judge
Kristen Boyles, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office, Earthjustice: “They cannot take this shortcut. One of the casualties of the Fish and Wildlife Service argument is that we are not here today talking about the key issues of what protections wolves need, where those protections are needed.”
How The Magnuson-Stevens Act Shaped Hawaii’s Fishing Industry
Andrea Treece, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “Certainly, behind the scenes, the CEOs of the car industry are having an influence, but they’re not writing the rules for their own industry.”
Conservation Groups Relieved Protections Will Remain for 3.4 Million Acres of Critical Northern Spotted Owl Habitat
Indigenous nations in Wisconsin suing to prevent wolf hunts
Gussie Lord, Managing Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice: “Their decision not to hunt for purposes of conservation is both protected by the Treaty and an exercise of tribal sovereignty.”
Ojibwe tribes fight Wisconsin wolf hunt in federal court
Christopher Clark, Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “It’s important to note that our claims in federal court are on behalf of tribes who have treaty rights under the United States Constitution. Treaties are the supreme law of the land, and so they trump anything that’s going on with respect to the state law issues that are being litigated in Dane County.”