Timber industry attempt to open lands to logging fails, but designation still neglects critical marine areas, old-growth forests on state, private lands

Court upholds marbled murrelet protection in Washington, Oregon, and California

Court upholds marbled murrelet protection in Washington, Oregon, and California

Attorney Kristen Boyles has spent most of her career using the Endangered Species Act to protect species like the murrelet, salmon, and another ancient forest denizen, the northern spotted owl.

Marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird, and their old-growth forest habitat will remain protected

D.C. district court rejects both a proposal to eliminate critical habitat protections as well as a direct challenge to the murrelet’s protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Earthjustice defended the marbled murrelet in the Pacific Northwest from a proposal to delist the seabird as a threatened species and open up its old-growth-forest nesting habitat to development.

Administration proposes to strip nearly 4 million acres of protected habitat from threatened seabird

Marbled murrelet faces extinction without protection

2009 USFWS report which finds for the continued protection of marbled murrelets in Washington, Oregon, and California, in contrats to the 2004 review.

Decision one more reason to withdraw Bush Oregon logging plan

Marbled murrelets outmaneuver timber industry efforts to remove protections

Federal register notice that the proposed Murrelet critical habitat revision is withdrawn

Marbled murrelets and old-growth forests remain protected

A federal court rejected a timber industry attempt to emove Endangered Species Act protections that have been in place since 1992.