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Conservation, veteran, and recreation groups file for right to defend Chuckwalla National Monument designation that protects critical Southern California public lands

The motion to intervene and brief in the Torongo and Blue Ribbon Coalition v. Burgum lawsuit.

We sued the Trump administration for trying to illegally open one of the world’s most pristine tropical marine environments to commercial fishing — and we won.

Court strikes down free pass to commercial fishers in protected areas granted following Trump proclamation in April

Court ruling that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIHMNM). Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on its fifth and sixth claims for relief, ECF No. 13, is granted, and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) April 25, 2025, letter is hereby vacated.

Clearcutting. Drilling. Overfishing. The Trump administration is selling out our public lands to profiteers.

For decades, we’ve defended our public lands for the benefit of all people, and we’ll continue fighting back as long as Trump’s attacks continue.

Commercial fishing within national monument boundaries threatens protected marine habitats, endangered species, and the long-term health of our world’s oceans

David Henkin, attorney in Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific Office, explains our lawsuit to protect the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

April’s proclamation threatens indigenous heritage, endangered species, and pristine marine ecosystems in Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument

This case challenges President Donald J. Trump’s unlawful Proclamation 10918 of April 17, 2025, which purports to strip core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and to open the Monument to commercial fishing.

David Henkin, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: “When he is saying that fisher folks from Hawaii or American Samoa need to travel for days to go fish. Well, you need to travel for days to get to these remote Pacific islands. They’re some of the most remote places on Earth … and they’re certainly not right…

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

The monuments comprise over 5 million acres of national public lands across the west

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

This order threatens indigenous cultural heritage and critical species’ habitat within and around the monument

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

David Henkin, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “In the Antiquities Act, Congress gave the President the authority to create national monuments, not to dismantle them.”