ESA Cases
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have not conducted monitoring and habitat improvements as required by their own ESA consultation, which is now very outdated....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
This action challenges Forest Service and BLM violations of the Endangered Species Act in failing to carry out consulations with US Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries over impacts of livestock grazing, irrigation diversions, and other management actions upon salmon, steelhead and...
04/06/2007
Slickspot peppergrass is a rare desert flower found only in portions of southwestern Idaho. Most known populations have been lost in recent decades due to impacts of livestock grazing, off-road vehicles, and other habitat degradation. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has recognized that...
07/14/2006
Greater sage-grouse are an "umbrella" species for the sagebrush ecosystem, that once covered 155 million acres of western US and Canada. Sage-grouse populations have declined steeply as sagebrush has been destroyed and fragmented by agricultural conversions, livestock grazing, energy...
03/09/2006
ESA listing case, challenging US Fish and Wildlife Service's "90-day finding" rejecting WWP's listing petition for pygmy rabbit -- the word's tiniest bunny.
Pygmy rabbits dig burrows under sagebrush; climb up in sagebrush to scout and feed; and otherwise depend...
02/21/2006
Interior Mountain Quail were once abundant across the sagebrush-steppe, but are now reduced to a few populations in Oregon, Nevada and Idaho; and remaining populations are threatened by habitat destruction from grazing and other impacts.
The US Fish...