Forests

August 23, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Smog Standard Too Weak To Protect Forests, Court Rules

Court rejects polluters’ claims that standards are too protective

August 23, 2019 | Legal Document

Court Ruling: Smog Standard Too Weak To Protect Forests

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the current national ambient air quality standards for ozone are too weak to protect the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will now have to set standards that actually protect forests, as the Clean Air Act requires.

August 1, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop mine company from destroying their heritage

July 29, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Montana Court Strikes Down Water Pollution Permit for Montanore Mine, Protecting Clean Water and Native Fish

Permits for both of Hecla’s proposed mines in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness have been ruled unlawful this year

July 28, 2019 | Feature

Defending America’s Climate Forest

Trump’s Forest Service wants to log the Tongass, a key weapon in fighting climate change.

May 17, 2019 | In the News: KTUU

Attorney: Tongass old-growth logging “plain violation” of environmental law

Tom Waldo, Attorney, Alaska Regional Office, Earthjustice: "The agency is required to take a hard look at specific impacts of an action in specific places. So you can't just generalize across the whole island and say, 'well, we'll log somewhere.' This is a brazen attempt by the forest service to rewrite the rules for timber sales."

May 7, 2019 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Massive Timber Sale in Alaska National Forest

Prince of Wales Island sale would harm habitat and the local economy

May 2, 2019 | Press Release

New Legislation Protecting Roadless Rule is Key for Preserving America’s Forests

There is strong support for legislative proposal protecting Roadless Rule and safeguarding Tongass National Forest

April 15, 2019 | Legal Document

Complaint for Declarative and Injunctive Relief re: Flathead National Forest 2018 Forest Plan

Complaint challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s 2018 Land Management Plan for the Flathead National Forest on the basis that it abandoned key habitat protections for threatened grizzly bears and bull trout without legally required environmental analysis and public disclosure.

April 15, 2019 | Press Release

Conservationists Ask Court to Reinstate Protections for Grizzly Bears and Bull Trout in Flathead National Forest

Latest plan for Flathead National Forest violates Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act

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