August 11, 2008: Advocates files litigation to protect the Sonoran Desert National Monument from destructive grazing.U.S. District Magistrate Judge Mikel Williams says the Fish and Wildlife Service wrongly downplayed scientific evidence and emphasized uncertainties when it decided not to list the plant.
Read the complaint (pdf 78KB)

July 31, 2008: Appeal targets unlawful agency decision. Advocates for the West seeks reversal of endangered species listing refusal for the Interior Mountain Quail by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Read the brief (pdf 156KB)

June 4, 2008: Interior Department must reconsider protecting rare Idaho plant.U.S. District Magistrate Judge Mikel Williams says the Fish and Wildlife Service wrongly downplayed scientific evidence and emphasized uncertainties when it decided not to list the plant.
Read the decision (pdf 96KB)
Read the AP article

May 19, 2008: Advocates for the West files suit to prevent Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife from introducing grazing on Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area. With no public comment or environmental review. The Wildlife Area is important habitat for the highly imperiled Washington sage-grouse.
Read the complaint (pdf 55KB)
Read the Yakima Herald-Republic article
Related Seattle Times Article:
Grazing on public land: helpful to ranchers, but harmful to habitat?

March 14, 2008: Advocates for the West files to stop the Forest Service from violating NEPA
In numerous forests in California, the USFS is reauthorizing grazing permits without conducting proper environmental reviews or allowing for meaningful public input.
Read the complaint

February 20, 2008: Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Sheep Grazing in Yellowstone Ecosystem
U.S. Sheep Experiment Station Agrees to Conduct Environmental Analysis
Read the full article

January 8, 2008: Pygmy Rabbits Get Another Review!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it is considering the pygmy rabbit for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Read these articles for more details:
Rabbit Review (pdf 16KB)
Feds Consider Listing Rabbit (pdf 101KB)
Another Idaho species up for ESA listing

December 4, 2007: Big Win For Sage Grouse!
Court castigates Fish and Wildlife Service for ignoring threats to sage grouse and allowing politics to trump science; orders new review to determine if sage grouse should be listed under Endangered Species Act.
12/15/2007 New York Times Editorial (pdf 16KB)
Read the decision (pdf 101KB)
Read the Idaho Statesman article
Read the AP article