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Western Watersheds Project

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About Me

A conservationist organization with teeth! When our public lands agencies cower in the shadow of an exploitative livestock industry - its up to the public to demand wise management of OUR public heritage.
NEPA, Endangered Species Act, etc. - all laws which protect our common natural heritage and common will. All of them laws democratically established to provide for the public interest in public lands management administration.
What's unique about us?
We don't back down. In fact, WWP has quite the reputation in the West. Our offensive posture may aggravate those who trash our public land; but for those who care about endangered species, wildlife habitat, the integrity of our streams and watersheds etc. our legal portfolio is pretty impressive.
Check out our website to learn more, get involved, and donate!
Western Watersheds Project
Recent Court Victories

October 20, 2006
WWP wins preliminary injunction of the Spruce Mountain project, which involved the chaining and burning of thousands of acres of native Pinyon-Juniper forests including many old growth forested areas with trees 200 to 400 years old.
Read The Decision
September 25, 2006
WWP Wins An Additional National Court Injunction.
September 11, 2006
WWP Wins Appeal of A Major Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest Grazing Decision -191,000 Acres
August 11, 2006
Western Watersheds Project Wins Federal Court Injunction


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My Interests

Conservation litigation, education, etc.Every Search Contributes to WWP!


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I'd like to meet:

Folks interested in public lands management, conservation, grazing issues, etc.

Pygmy Rabbit

Photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service
My World Visitor Map!
Click Photo To See Slideshow of the Wild Horses Who Frequent WWP's Greenfire Preserve
Photo Elissa Kline

Did you know that...
Public lands grazing is directly responsible for the population declines resulting in the listing of 22% of federal threatened and endangered species - that's on par with logging and mining combined
There is not a sinlge human activity which results in more species declines and losses than grazing on OUR public lands.
Colbert Report: Dr. Peter Singer Pt. 1
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Colbert Report: Dr. Peter Singer Pt. 2
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This is Spruce Mountain

This is what Spruce Mountain will look like after BLM chains. Why chain? BLM claims it wants to prevent catastrophic fires although chaining has almost never been used in the past to reduce fuel. Nope, chaining has always been a way of clearing natural plant communities to make way for more palatable forage that cows like to eat. Many of these trees are 200 - 400 years old. Notice Mesa. Mesa's watchdog role at WWP has been invaluable. Here Mesa poses in front of a chaining that BLM initiated upon our public lands. Mesa enjoys chasing cows off of our public lands and hiking.

Luckily, Western Watersheds efforts have resulted in a Temporary Restraining Order. BLM has been court ordered not to chain this beautiful land in northern Nevada until litigation (that WWP brought against BLM) is settled. Spruce Mountain is just one of many projects that WWP works on to bring our public lands management agencies back into compliance with the public interest. All-too-often, millions of acreas are degraded and trashed by industry interests hell-bent on exploiting our land for their profit

This is a Pygmy Rabbit

Photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Click the pygmy rabbit to learn about how this listed species is thought to live in Spruce Mountain -

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Read the Report
"The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. The findings of this report suggest that it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity."

Check Out The Report that finds that cattle contribute more to Global Warming than transport!!!

Heroes:

Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey, Bernard DeVoto, etc

My Blog

Lost River Range: Pass Creek, Pine Creek, Wet Creek

Cross-posted at WWPBlogIn early October members of Western Watersheds Project visited the Pass Creek Allotment of the Lost River Range. We were accompanied by the district Ranger and "Rangeland manag...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:50:00 PST

Greater Sage-grouse Protection

Judith Kohler of AP covers the controversial conservation efforts involving Greater Sage-grouse protection. The story is published in the CasperTribune - 'We're losing birds' - and blogged on WWPblog....
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:47:00 PST

WWP Online Messenger # 127

WWP Online Messenger # 127Headlines:Western Watersheds Project Files Litigation To Protect Rocky Mountain Bighorn SheepWestern Watersheds Efforts In Washington State Stop Cattle Turn-out on the Whiske...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:43:00 PST

WWP Files Litigation to Protect Slickspot Peppergrass

WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECTNEWS RELEASEWESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT FILES LITIGATION TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SLICKSPOT PEPPERGRASS IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO ..On Friday April 6, 2007 Western Watersheds filed liti...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:26:00 PST

Help Save Spruce Mountain

Remember Spruce Mountain? BLM intends to take the before picture on top - and turn it into the after picture below. Last year WWP successfully sued and obtained a Court Order to stop BLM from chainin...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:31:00 PST

WWP Moves on WA to halt illegal grazing on critical listed species habitat

Western Watersheds Project (WWP), a regional conservation organization, has sent the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) a 60-Day Notice Letter, notifying the Director, Jeff Koenings, of...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:50:00 PST

Slickspot Peppergrass

Check out the Slickspot Peppergrass Photo-Essay to learn about this imperilled plant.  Slickspot Peppergrass is awaiting a decision from FWS as to its status as a listed species....
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:09:00 PST

Forest Service Backs Down !

As a consequence of WWP's federal court litigation filed in September contesting three Forest Service grazing decisions on the Minidoka and Fairfield Ranger Districts of the Sawtooth National Forest a...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:27:00 PST

Cowboy versus Environmentalist?

Daryl Hunter has been writing in NewWest.net that "environmentalists" are killing the Western Cowboy. In:The Public Grazing Conundrum &The Cowboy - an Endangered Species Daryl claims that city fol...
Posted by Western Watersheds Project on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:06:00 PST