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A northern spotted owl in Oregon. The northern spotted owl was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1990. (Kyle Sullivan / BLM)
Update November 20, 2025

Trump’s Latest Attack on Endangered Species Act Threatens Biodiversity

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

A California spotted owl perches on a tree. (Rick Kuyper / USFWS)
Press Release November 19, 2025

Lawsuit Seeks Final Protection for California Spotted Owls

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

document November 19, 2025

CBD v USFWS: California Spotted Owl

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.

Clockwise, from top-left: (David Shindle for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission),  (Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA), (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice), (Edwin Remsberg / Getty Images), (Gerald Herbert / AP), (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice), (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / US Coast Guard), (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature November 4, 2025

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2025

Together with our clients, we’re wielding the power of the law across 700 legal matters to protect people and our planet. With deep gratitude, we are pleased to share highlights of this work, which is made possible by partners like you.

Clockwise, from top-left: (Jerry Neal / CPW), (SimonSkafar / GettyImages), (Courtney Couch / NOAA), (Zach Stern / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), (K. King / USFWS), (Zara / 500px), (Lisa Hupp / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), (New Zealand Department of Conservation), (jacobeukman / Getty Images), (Troy Harrison / Getty Images)
feature November 3, 2025

Biodiversity Program Report

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.

A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Cuba on Oct. 29, 2025. (Yamil Lage / AFP)
Article October 29, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

document October 17, 2025

Senate FOFA Sign On Letter

On behalf of millions of members and supporters, organizations express strong opposition to S. 1462, the “Fix Our Forests Act” (FOFA), as introduced by Senators Curtis, Hickenlooper, Padilla, and Sheehy.

document October 17, 2025

Seismic Changes in Forest Management Fact Sheet

A summary of seismic changes to national forest management under the Trump administration and Congress.

Joseph Goldstein paddles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota. Goldstein has been working to protect the Boundary Waters since he was 13 and diagnosed with Leukemia. (Photo courtesy Joseph Goldstein)
Article October 3, 2025

The Fight to Save a Beloved Midwest Wilderness

Joseph Goldstein found healing and purpose in the Boundary Waters. Now, the Trump administration says it wants to open the wilderness area’s watershed up to mining.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

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.

Old-growth trees on Kosciusko Island, Tongass National Forest, Prince of Wales, Alaska. The Roadless Rule protects about half of the Tongass, the crown jewel of the National Forest system and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 23, 2025

Proposal to Scrap Roadless Rule Draws Public Outcry

At least half a million say ‘No’ in initial round of public comment

document September 19, 2025

Roadless Rule NGO Sign-On Letter 9-19-25

329 organizations joined a sign-on letter opposing the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule.

document September 18, 2025

Roadless Rule Scientist Letter

Letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service from scientists opposing the rollback of Roadless Rule.

A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
feature August 27, 2025

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.

Área talada al norte de la bahía Thorne, en la isla Príncipe de Gales, en terrenos del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU., dentro del Bosque Nacional Tongass, Alaska. (David Herasimtschuk para Earthjustice)
Press Release August 27, 2025

Respuesta de Earthjustice al Ataque de la Administración Trump Contra Bosques Nacionales

La Regla Sin Carreteras ha protegido millones de acres de tierras públicas estadounidenses durante una generación.

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature August 27, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article August 27, 2025

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.

Clearcut area north of Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island on U.S. Forest Service land within the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 27, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Attack on Cherished National Forests

The Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of U.S. public lands for a generation