The state of South Dakota did not submit official comments on a major change to the federal Endangered Species Act that will roll back protections for forests, wetlands, deserts and other habitats where endangered species live. The new rule will open some landscapes to development, logging, mining, and oil and gas drilling, due to a […]

A federal rule change set to go into effect this fall could cause big changes to Georgia’s landscape, and environmental groups are sounding the alarm. “It’s probably the worst action that’s ever been taken in the history of the Endangered Species Act,” said Will Harlan, southeast director of the Center for Biological Diversity in Asheville, […]

Seven long years ago the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, with the support of local residents, took the Forest Service to federal court to halt the Hanna Flats logging, road-building, and burning project on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest in northern Idaho. Through a long and winding legal saga the good news — for grizzly bears, old-growth forests, and the local populace which strongly opposed the deforestation — is that a federal appeals court just ruled for the Alliance.

More than fifty whales have died on the West Coast of North America as of May 31st, already making it the second deadliest year for the aquatic mammals. Eleven of the fatalities were in the San Francisco Bay area, two as a result of ship strikes. Historically, 40% of grey whale deaths have been caused by collisions with ship propellers, but a new technology rolled out earlier this year hopes to reduce those numbers.