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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday November 17, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Conservation Groups File Notice to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over Failure to Protect Endangered Springsnail
HAILEY, Idaho, Nov. 13 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Safeguard Kings River Pyrg from Imminent Threats, Including Thacker Pass Lithium Mine * * * Reno, NV-- Western Watersheds Project and People of Red Mountain (Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu) have officially provided a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for its failure to protect the Kings River pyrg (Pyrgulopsis imperialis) under the Endangered Species Act (E  more

Court Rules Federal Program That Kills Grizzly Bears and Other Wildlife in Montana Violated the Law
HAILEY, Idaho, Nov. 13 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * Feds given two years to fix management plan * * * MISSOULA, Mont. -- On Friday, a federal district court in Missoula ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's wildlife-killing program Wildlife Services failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act before killing or removing grizzly bears in Montana. Management killing and removal is the leading cause of grizz  more

Western Watersheds Project: Conservation Groups Demand Justice After Mexican Wolf Near Flagstaff Found Dead
HAILEY, Idaho, Nov. 16 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department announced today that Hope, a Mexican wolf living west of Flagstaff since at least June, was found dead on November 7th in the vicinity of Forest Service Road 2058 and East Spring Valley Road. No other details of her death were released and the incident is under investigation. "Hope was a sentient   more

Western Watersheds Project: Court Rules Bureau of Land Management Failed to Take a 'Hard Look' at Grazing Impacts on 24 Livestock Allotments in Colorado
HAILEY, Idaho, Nov. 14 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: PAONIA, Colo. - An administrative law judge in the Department of Interior has overturned an agency decision to renew grazing permits for 24 allotments within the PonchaVilla Zone of the San Luis Valley, Colorado, spanning 65,273 acres of public lands. Citing the Bureau of Land Management's failure to take a "hard look" at the environmental impacts of grazing, the judge found that the agency was remiss in  more