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The Moon House cliff dwelling under the sandstone domes on Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah. (Jon G. Fuller / Getty Images)
Press Release July 10, 2026

Report: Trump Administration to Illegally Attack Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

Earthjustice vows to take legal action if and when a presidential proclamation drops
Press Release July 10, 2026

Trump Administration Eliminates Habitat Protections for Vulnerable Wildlife

Unprecedented rulemaking suggests habitat destruction does not “harm” wildlife protected under Endangered Species Act
In the News: The Salt Lake Tribune June 24, 2026

Utah’s lawsuit to overturn national monument boundaries revived by appeals court

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Court after court has affirmed the president’s authority under the Antiquities Act to create monuments on federal lands.”
document June 23, 2026

Utah Monument: Tenth Circuit Decision

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that found courts are barred by sovereign immunity from reviewing presidential proclamations under the Antiquities Act.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (Tarpley / BLM)
Press Release: Victory June 12, 2026

Senator Lee’s Attempt to Fast-Track Attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan Fails

Opposition from across Utah and nation leads to failure of Lee’s effort to fast-track attack on one of the nation’s iconic monuments
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) speaks during a press conference renouncing the rollback of the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule on May 13, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Community Advocates join Members of Congress in Broad Opposition to Planned Attack on National Forestlands

A diverse array of stakeholders representing Tribes, hunters, conservationists, firefighters, and business owners rebuke the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Roadless Rule
In the News: Montana Public Radio May 4, 2026

The Roadless Rule

Timothy Preso, Managing Attorney, Biodiversity Program: “We have all had the benefit of that now for a quarter of a century, many of us have been born and raised and come to adulthood in a world where those areas were protected.”
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Hillebrand / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Press Release April 20, 2026

Trump Administration Offers Vast Tracts within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil Drilling

Today’s lease sale notice sets into motion this administration’s radical agenda to industrialize the Refuge to benefit oil companies – not the American people
A controlled burn of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico on June 9, 2010. (PO1 John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard)
Update April 20, 2026

We’re Suing Over BP’s New Gulf Drilling Project, 16 Years After the Company’s Deepwater Horizon Disaster

The government greenlit BP’s proposal for a new ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf, despite significant red flags.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 16, 2026

Senate Votes to Strip Minnesota’s Boundary Waters of Protection from Mining Pollution

Earthjustice weighs legal options to stop Chilean-owned Twin Metals mine
A gentle mist settles on Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
feature April 16, 2026

A mining threat returns to the nation’s most visited wilderness

Congress voted to remove protections from mining in the watershed of the treasured Boundary Waters wilderness.
Canoers paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article April 16, 2026

The Little-Known Law Congress is Abusing to Sell Out Our Public Lands

How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.
A heron takes flight over wetlands in the Everglades in Florida. (Brian Lasenby / Shutterstock)
Update April 7, 2026

We’re Fighting to Protect the Everglades from Florida’s Illegal Detention Center

Florida and the Trump administration have been ramming through the construction of an immigration detention facility within the Florida Everglades, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere.
The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. (Eric Ian for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 31, 2026

Groups Challenge Trump Admin’s Rushed Approval of Cabinet Mountains Mining Project

Organizations fear harm to waters, wilderness area, and ESA-protected species
document March 31, 2026

Quotes from Plaintiffs in Montanore Litigation

A coalition of local and national organizations filed suit over the Trump administration’s fast-tracked approval of the Libby Exploration Project in northwestern Montana’s Cabinet Mountains.
document March 31, 2026

Libby Exploration Project Complaint

A coalition of local and national organizations filed suit over the Trump administration’s fast-tracked approval of the Libby Exploration Project in northwestern Montana’s Cabinet Mountains.
Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article March 23, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.
A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
feature March 22, 2026

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.