Sagebrush Steppe Cases
11/22/2008
The 70,000-acre Nickel Creek allotment has the most riparian habitat of any allotment in BLM's Owyhee Resource Area of southwestern Idaho. BLM's 1997 grazing permit for the Nickel Creek allotment was held unlawful in the IWP v. Hahn litigation. BLM determined in 2001 that...
05/13/2008
This case challenges BLM's recent decision to continue allowing excessive livestock grazing on 237,000 acres of public lands in the North Fork Malheur watershed of eastern Oregon.
BLM admits that grazing has harmed sage grouse, fish, and native plants; but rather than address the cause...
02/15/2008
State court lawsuit challenging Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife's agreement with ranchers to open state wildlife refuges to livestock grazing; plus challenges to various grazing leases given by WDFW on state wildlife refuges. These include areas vital to the last...
11/30/2007
The Granger and Carter Lease allotments encompass 720,000 acres of prime sage grouse habitat in BLM's Kemmerer Field Office of southwestern Wyoming.
BLM previously approved oil and gas drilling on the Moxa Arch project here, which has already harmed the sage-grouse population. And BLM...
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...
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...