Emergency protections are needed for the gray wolf after the Northern Rockies sees the worst persecution of wolves in a century.

Court of appeals sends U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service back to the drawing board

El tribunal de apelaciones envía de regreso su fallo al Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos

Delisting defies best available science, sidesteps important legal safeguards

A giant gold mining project proposal near Yellowstone National Park is officially dead, and Montanans’ right to stop such unlawful projects is upheld, with far-reaching impacts.

Trophy hunting looms, absent federal protections

The iconic grizzly bears of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem still exist because of the Endangered Species Act. But the law that has helped the bears survive is itself now in danger. Legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shares his photos and observations of matriarch Grizzly 399.

Judge rules Trump administration unlawfully removed federal protections

Delisting defies the best available science and sidesteps important legal safeguards

The legislation protects private property rights while enacting a permanent withdrawal on the public lands

Court further unanimously declares loophole in law favoring mining industry is unconstitutional

Lucky Minerals’ exploration license ruled invalid, taking plans for exploratory drilling “off the table”

Court decision pending on removal of protections for iconic and imperiled bears

Montana Department of Environmental Quality must complete more extensive environmental review of Lucky Minerals’ drilling plan

The proposal places slated gold exploration on public lands on time-out

Highlights of how Earthjustice’s Northern Rockies office has leveraged the power of partnership and the law to defend communities, sacred lands and wildlife, and clean air and water.

Tim Preso, Earthjustice's lead attorney on the lawsuit challenging the government's illegal decision to strip Yellowstone's grizzly bears of Endangered Species Act protections, explains what's at stake.

Groups opposed to industrial gold mining north of Yellowstone National Park filed a lawsuit on September 22, 2017, challenging the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of extensive mineral exploration in Emigrant Gulch near Park County’s Paradise Valley. The exploration is proposed by Lucky Minerals, a Canadian company whose intention is to develop “a multi-million…