The Latest On: Public Lands
August 13, 2019
| In the News: Gillette News Record
Feds to Start Weaning Elk From Feeding at Refuge
Tim Preso, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office, Earthjustice: “What it boils down to is that they have an opportunity to complete this planning process by Dec. 31, and have a plan in place by the next feeding season in 2020. We have agreed to suspend litigation long enough to allow for them to seize that opportunity.”
August 9, 2019
| In the News: The Arizona Republic
Feds Reissue Permit For 28,000-Home Plan Near San Pedro River
Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Earthjustice: “The Corps has not remedied the fatal flaws in its decision-making process. Its revised analysis contains even more contradictions and conclusory assertions than the prior flawed analysis. As a result, the Corps reissued the same permit for the Villages at Vigneto without ever analyzing the impacts of the proposed development on the San Pedro River. That’s downright inadequate and contrary to the law.”
August 1, 2019
| Press Release: Victory
In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds
July 14, 2019
| In the News: News Radio WIOD
Florida Lawmakers Want Court to Throw Out Conservation Land Amendment
Alisa Coe, Attorney, Florida Regional Office, Earthjustice: "Funding for .. the IT department at the DEP is coming from this fund, and we don't think this is what the voters intended."
July 12, 2019
| In the News: Salt Lake Tribune
Uranium Company With Interests In Utah Sees Stock Plummet As Reports Swirl Over Trump Trade Decision
Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “New uranium mining on cherished public lands in Bears Ears National Monument and around the Grand Canyon would be the essence of stupidity. … We need to keep that toxic chapter closed for communities in the Southwest.”
