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Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “The Services are required to prevent harmful consequences to species, not ignore them.”

Already, over one-third of plant and animal species in the U.S. are at risk of disappearing.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for California spotted owls it proposed in 2023

The Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Earthjustice, brings this action under the federal Endangered Species Act to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take the statutorily required action of making a final determination on the proposed listing of two distinct population segments of the California spotted owl occurring in California and Nevada as endangered and threatened species.

Set of proposed rules would hollow out bedrock environmental law

Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Commission misses opportunity to set longer protections for female horseshoe crabs

10(j) rule identified one possible source of wolves, not a mandated population

Learn about the major events, court rulings, and where we are now in this long-standing fight.

Following the Trump administration’s abrupt and unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement to restore the Columbia basin, plaintiffs return to court to prevent salmon and steelhead extinction

Science shows that true recovery of grizzly bears requires a unified population with connected ecosystems.

Wild fish populations in the Columbia Basin are in serious trouble, with key stocks teetering on the brink of extinction.

The births underscore the importance of reintroduction efforts and strong protections for endangered species.

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

The Trump Administration’s unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement forces plaintiffs back to court to protect salmon and steelhead from lethal dams

“Republican-led ‘permitting reform’ efforts are nothing more than a trojan horse for weakening bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act.”

Rep. Hageman’s H.R. 281 requires DOI to reissue 2017 delisting rule and bars judicial review

Groups oppose H.R. 281, the “Grizzly Bear State Management Act,” which requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a 2017 rule delisting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly
bears and bars judicial review of the reissued rule.