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mastodon 4.7.3Western Watersheds Project is a non-profit environmental conservation group that works to influence and improve #PublicLands management throughout the western United States in order to protect #NativeSpecies and conserve and restore the habitats they depend on. Our primary focus is on the negative impacts of #LivestockGrazing, including harm to ecological, biological, cultural, historic, archeological, scenic resources, and wilderness values.
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Springs and creeks have been decimated by cows in Louse Canyon. Instead of lessening the impacts, BLM wants to spread out the problem and sacrifice the remaining wildlands across this spectacular and biodiverse landscape.
https://westernwatersheds.org/2026/09/greens-protest-plan-to-expand-grazing-in-owyhee-canyonlands/
BREAKING: The ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897)—the bill to dismantle the Endangered Species Act and install Trump regulations that eliminate habitat protections and fast-track removal of protections—was pulled from a floor vote for now.
Happy, Happy Earth Day.
We were in court today to defend wolves against an anti-wolf coalition's attempt to force the state of MT to increase its wolf-killing quota. The coalition includes 2 sitting state legislators who attempted & failed on several occasions to get legislation passed that would result in even more dead wolves. WWP, Trap Free Montana, Wolf & Wildlife Advocates and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies were asking for a dismissal of the suit. The court is considering the arguments & we'll keep you posted.
For the first time in decades, a radio-collared wolf last week relocated from the United States into Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun extending the wall where 'Cedar' crossed, which would block wildlife in the future. https://westernwatersheds.org/2026/04/endangered-mexican-wolf-crosses-from-new-mexico-into-chihuahua/
Over the past 50 years, the population of birds as a whole across North America has dropped by nearly three billion birds, according to an estimate through 2019 research by Rosenberg et. al. This means that just over one in four birds in 1970 is no longer present across the landscape today.
Federal and state agencies should allow all wolves to move about at will. That would increase the chances of intergradation and rescuing the Mexican gray wolf from depleted genes, fewer pups and ultimately extinction.
The Trump administration is planning to bring cyanide bombs back to public lands courtesy of the livestock industry. Be careful out there.
https://www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-blm-cyanide-bombs-wildlife-services
“This is a decision being made for political reasons, it is not based on science, in the best interest of the survival of the species, or in compliance with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act,” said Greg LeDonne, Idaho director of Western Watersheds Project.
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-resources-energy/2026-07-14/feds-move-to-return-threatened-grizzly-bear-management-to-the-states
The first year of the second Trump administration caused $12 billion in damage to national parks.
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/national-park-service-maintenance
Incredible new interactive map out from More Than Just Parks to show threatened public lands and ways to take action. Click any marker to see the full story -- what is threatened, who is responsible, and exactly what you can do about it. Every location includes a call script for Congress.
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/we-built-the-first-real-time-threat
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Utah’s new Forest Service “Shared Stewardship” agreement pushes state control, expanded logging, and diminished public oversight across 8 million acres of national forest.
https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/a-backdoor-land-grab-signed-in-plain
The Trump administration has squelched both external and internal oversight of EPA’s deregulatory agenda with moves that silence forums for critics, among other impacts, a review by POLITICO’s E&E News has found.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-admin-clips-epa-oversight-amid-deregulatory-blitz/
“These new attacks on the Forest Service from its political bosses are designed to sabotage the agency, further subtracting science and accountability from the management from our National Forests,” said Erik Molvar, Executive Director of Western Watersheds Project.
https://westernwatersheds.org/2026/07/trump-shakeup-of-u-s-forest-service-garners-legal-challenge/
"Killing does not teach lessons; it cruelly creates ecological chaos."
https://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/opinion-torture-is-no-way-to-manage-wolves/3078193
Please take one moment today to call your Senators to oppose provisions in the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act that weaken protections for endangered wildlife, clean water, and communities.
https://westernwatersheds.org/actionalerts/take-action-permitting-reform-would-put-wildlife-and-clean-water-at-risk/