Endangered Species Act

The Latest On: Endangered Species Act

April 18, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice Condemns Partisan Farm Bill

U.S. Rep. Conaway’s Farm Bill adds toxic, political riders that will harm our health, water, and land

April 4, 2018 | Blog Post

New Ways to Power the Northwest Would Save Salmon, Add Little Cost

Hydropower interests have indicated that keeping four federal dams on the lower Snake River in Washington involves a choice between clean energy and the survival of wild salmon. A new report shows we can have both.

April 2, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Court Rejects Flawed Mexican Gray Wolf Rule

Ruling rejects measures that hurt, instead of help, rare wolves

April 2, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Appeals Court Affirms Order Requiring More Water Be Spilled Over Dams to Help Salmon Survive

Added flow over dams helps juvenile salmon on migration out to sea

March 29, 2018 | Press Release

Washington Voters Value Wild Salmon Over Lower Snake River Dams

New poll shows 4 out of 5 voters believe preventing extinction of wild salmon is very important

March 19, 2018 | In the News: Cody Enterprise

Courts Could Block Wyoming Grizzly Hunts

Katherine O'Brien, Attorney, Earthjustice: “Meanwhile, Wyoming will be turning 24 bears into rugs and wall hangings.”

March 16, 2018 | Blog Post

Out for Blood: Legislators Escalate Their War on Wolves

Some legislators have pushed an all-out war on wolves for years. Now they’re going in for the ultimate kill: gutting the very law that protects this iconic species.

March 8, 2018 | In the News: Seattle Times

‘Like Standing Rock’: Trans Mountain pipeline-expansion opponents plan B.C. protest

Jan Hasselman, Attorney, Earthjustice: “We are undergoing a cultural shift with a growing awareness that the benefits of fossil fuel projects simply aren’t worth the cost. Momentum is building as the same fight plays out in British Columbia, with more people, and government agencies joining the side of indigenous people.”

March 1, 2018 | Blog Post

Judges Agree: They Otter Be Free

Fishing industry groups wanted to revive a harmful program that excluded otters from parts of their coastal habitat—but Earthjustice fought back.

March 1, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Court Calls Third Strike on Industry Challenges to Decision to End Failed Otter Translocation and “No Otter Zone” Program

Court of Appeals upholds U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decision to end failed ‘No Otter Zone’ program meant to exclude sea otters from their historic range along the southern California coast

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