Public Lands

The Latest On: Public Lands

December 21, 2018 | From the Experts

Hawai‘i High Court Fixes Flawed Footnotes in Mauna Kea Decision, but Problems Persist

The language the court deleted would have plagued the law of environmental and Native Hawaiian rights for years.

December 5, 2018 | Press Release

Conservationists Call for Release of Long-Delayed Plan to Prevent Wildlife Disease Epidemic at Jackson Hole National Elk Refuge

Plan urgently needed after chronic wasting disease detected in Grand Teton

December 4, 2018 | Article

Listen to the Cosmic Sound of Sandstone Arches in Bears Ears

A scientist’s mission to record the humming arches of Utah’s national monuments

December 4, 2018 | Letter

Letter to National Elk Refuge Manager Brian Glaspell

A letter sent by Earthjustice, on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, the National Wildlife Refuge Association, and the Sierra Club, urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to promptly issue a feeding phase-out plan that was promised by the agency in 2008, but has been held up for more than 10 years due to wrangling between federal and Wyoming officials.

November 29, 2018 | Video

Earthjustice: 25 Years in the Northern Rockies

In the fall of 2018, Earthjustice's Northern Rockies office in Bozeman, Montana, celebrated — alongside our clients and partners — 25 years of fighting for and defending the nation's remaining great wild places.

November 8, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Court Rejects Utah’s Efforts To Undermine Off-Road Vehicle Planning On 6 Mil Acres

Environmental groups have fought off an attempt by Utah to derail protections for public lands, including lands surrounding Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Dinosaur National Monument

October 23, 2018 | In the News: Bozeman Daily Chronicle

AG: Lucky Minerals Approval Didn’t Violate Constitution

Jenny Harbine, Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “What’s missing from the AG’s analysis is the long term if not permanent consequences of allowing Lucky Minerals to commence industrial operations based on an unlawfully issued authorization.”

October 15, 2018 | Press Release

Environmental, Civil Rights Advocates Demand Trump Administration Halt Move to Silence Freedom of Speech on National Mall

Groups criticize proposed rule imposing fees for lawful assembly in new letter

October 9, 2018 | Legal Document

Petition for Review: Dominion Energy Cove Point, FERC Orders

Petitioning the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for review of orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

September 27, 2018 | Legal Document

Uinta Basin Lease Challenge

This case challenges the Bureau of Land Management’s (“BLM”) decisions to issue 121 oil and gas leases covering 117,720.59 acres in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah without considering how the air pollution from developing the leases will adversely impact public health, the environment, and treasured public lands like Dinosaur National Monument.

Public Lands

Hawai‘i High Court Fixes Flawed Footnotes in Mauna Kea Decision, but Problems Persist

Conservationists Call for Release of Long-Delayed Plan to Prevent Wildlife Disease Epidemic at Jackson Hole National Elk Refuge

Listen to the Cosmic Sound of Sandstone Arches in Bears Ears

Letter to National Elk Refuge Manager Brian Glaspell

Earthjustice: 25 Years in the Northern Rockies

Court Rejects Utah’s Efforts To Undermine Off-Road Vehicle Planning On 6 Mil Acres

AG: Lucky Minerals Approval Didn’t Violate Constitution

Environmental, Civil Rights Advocates Demand Trump Administration Halt Move to Silence Freedom of Speech on National Mall

Petition for Review: Dominion Energy Cove Point, FERC Orders

Uinta Basin Lease Challenge

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