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Caribou graze near fossil fuel pipelines in Alaska’s Western Arctic in the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Article March 16, 2023

There’s a Biodiversity Crisis, and Oil and Gas Are Making It Worse

The web of life is in danger of collapsing, due in large part to climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction caused by the fossil fuel industry. We’re working to protect species from these threats.

Wolverines, says journalist and wildlife biologist Douglas H. Chadwick, are "not afraid of anything. They climb peaks that human climbers turn back from. So they're just fearless, and they're tireless, and they got no end of attitude."
(Photo Courtesy of Dale Pedersen)
Article May 31, 2022

Keeping the Wolverine Wild in a Climate Crisis

Wolverines are among the fiercest creatures on the planet, yet even they are fighting to survive in a warming world.

Document May 27, 2022

Opinion and Order Vacating 2020 Wolverine Withdrawal

Court restores wolverine protections while agency reconsiders endangered species decision.

Press Release: Victory May 27, 2022

Court Restores Wolverine Protections While Agency Reconsiders Endangered Species Decision

As a candidate species, the wolverine will be afforded certain protections under the Endangered Species Act

Document December 14, 2020

COMPLAINT: Conservation Groups Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Wolverines

Denial of Endangered Species Act protections ignored risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation

Press Release December 14, 2020

Conservation Groups Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Wolverines

Denial of Endangered Species Act protections ignored risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation

case December 13, 2020

Obtaining Legal Protections for Wolverines

The wolverine, the largest land-dwelling member of the weasel family, once roamed across the northern tier of the United States and as far south as New Mexico in the Rockies and Southern California in the Sierra Nevada range. After more than a century of trapping and habitat loss, wolverines in the lower-48 have been reduced…

The Fish and Wildlife Service tried to deny Endangered Species Act protection to the wolverine, but a court rejected the agency's decision.
(Barney Moss/Flickr)
Press Release October 8, 2020

Wildlife Advocates Plan Challenge to Decision Not to Protect Wolverines

With fewer than 300 wolverines left in the contiguous United States, there is no justification for the FWS’ decision to deny protection

El Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre intentó negar la protección del glotón bajo la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción, pero un tribunal rechazó la decisión de la agencia.
(BARNEY MOSS/FLICKR)
Press Release October 8, 2020

Defensores De la Vida Silvestre Contemplan Desafiar Decisión Que Desprotege Al Glotón

Con menos de 300 glotones en los Estados Unidos continentales, no se justifica la decisión del Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. de negar su protección.

Document July 2, 2020

Wolverine Agreement: Settlement Agreement 7-2-2020

Agreement between organizations and US Fish and Wildlife Service

Document July 2, 2020

Wolverine Agreement: Joint Motion to Dismiss

Agreement with conservation organizations and US Fish and Wildlife Service

Document July 2, 2020

Wolverine Agreement: Proposed Order

Conservation groups agreement with US Fish and Wildlife Service for Wolverines.

Fewer than 300 wolverines remain in the lower 48 states. The US Fish & Wildlife Service must decide if the species will receive Endangered Species Act protections by Aug. 31.
(Steven Gnam)
Press Release July 2, 2020

Feds Agree to Decide on Endangered Species Protections for Wolverine by August 31

Settlement orders U.S. Fish & Wildlife to act following four years delay

Document January 16, 2020

60 Day Notice of Intent to Sue: Wolverine ESA Wolverine Protection

Conservation groups sent a notice of their intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect wolverines as required by the Endangered Species Act. There are fewer than 300 wolverines left in the lower-48, and they remain threatened by habitat loss and climate change.

The species is at direct risk from climate change because wolverines depend on areas that maintain deep snow through late spring.
(Visceral Image / iStockphoto)
Press Release January 16, 2020

Conservationists Seek Wolverine Protection

Groups file intent to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Fish and Wildlife Service tried to deny Endangered Species Act protection to the wolverine, but a court rejected the agency's decision.
(Barney Moss/Flickr)
Article May 20, 2016

Nearly 1,000 Scientists Tell Feds to Cut the Politics on Wildlife Decisions

Scientists tell the heads of the U.S. Departments of Commerce and the Interior to use the best available science in listing decisions.

The iconic wolverine has a fighting chance at survival thanks to a recent court ruling on behalf of eight conservation groups represented by Earthjustice.
(Erik Mandre/Shutterstock)
Article April 11, 2016

Judge: Refusal to List Wolverine as Endangered “Borders on the Absurd”

The iconic wolverine has a fighting chance at survival thanks to a recent court ruling on behalf of eight conservation groups represented by Earthjustice.

Document April 4, 2016

Summary Judgment: Wolverine ESA Listing

From Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, United States District Court