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07/21/2010
This case challenges a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to roundup and remove nearly all of the wild free-roaming horses within three horse areas in northeastern Nevada. BLM claims that it needs to remove these horses because they are overgrazing the public lands, although BLM's own...
04/29/2010
Advocates for the West represents Valley Sun, LLC and Western Watersheds Project on their challenge to a decision by BLM to cancel the Greenfire Preserve's grazing permit due to reasons related to lack of grazing. On June 11, 2010, an ALJ granted Valley Sun a stay of BLM's cancellation...
04/07/2010
The Green Mountain Common allotment is located in central Wyoming and encompasses over 500,000 acres. It is one of the largest unfenced areas in the lower 48 states and provides valuable habitat for the greater sage-grouse.
In 1999, BLM determined that livestock grazing practices violated...
02/02/2010
This case was initially brought for Wolf Recovery Foundation and Western Watershed Project to protect Central Idaho wolves from adverse effects of livestock grazing in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, where the Forest Service is supposed to protect all wildlife from "...
10/16/2009
The Pahsimeroi Valley contains key habitat for three species of Endangered Species Act-listed fish: bull trout, chinook salmon, and steelhead. Yet BLM and Forest Service have not conducted monitoring and habitat improvements as required by their own ESA consultation, which is now very outdated....
09/28/2009
The Burnt Creek allotment is located in the Upper Pahsimeroi watershed, which is occupied by bull trout and sage grouse; and extends over much of the Burnt Creek Wilderness Study Area.
Our prior litigation in 2002-03 forced BLM to close the allotment to grazing for over 5 years, although...