Online Messenger Archives

September 2, 2010

Two Court Victories for WWP
August 5, 2010

Victory: Wolves Regain Endangered Species Act Protections
August 3, 2010

Victory: Wilderness Values Protected on the Pahsimeroi River Watershed
July 27, 2010

WWP Pressure Preserves Bighorn Sheep Throughout the West
July 20, 2010

Western Watersheds Project and Ruby Pipeline LLC Establish a Multi-million Dollar Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund to Restore Sage-steppe Habitat by Buying and Retiring Public Land Grazing Permits From Willing Sellers !
July 16, 2010

Western Watersheds Project Wins Remand of Two Very Bad Public Land Grazing Decisions In Wyoming and Challenges Obama Administration to Balance Agency Budgets
June 16, 2010

WWP Acts on Oil, Salazar, and Greenfire Preserve
June 10, 2010

Western Watersheds Project wins in Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho and Continues our Push For Environmental & Fiscal Responsibility Throughout the West
June 2, 2010

Western Watersheds Project wins Protection of Lower 48 States' Largest Unfenced Public Landscape
April 30, 2010

Spring 2010 Watersheds Messenger is Available Online !
April 6, 2010

3 Major Events for WWP
March 31, 2010

WWP Wins Victory in Nevada
March 8, 2010

WWP Files Litigation to Protect Sage Grouse
March 8, 2010

Sage Grouse & WWP May Be Headed Back to Court !?
February 5, 2010

WWP Acts to Hale Tortoise & Pygmy Rabbit's Race Toward Extinction
February 4, 2010

WWP Files Motion & Opening Brief to Protect Wolves & Wilderness
January 6, 2010

Western Watersheds Project Litigates to Protect Wolves in Central Idaho
January 4, 2010

Western Watersheds Project Wins Major Court Victory on Idaho's Nickel Creek Allotment
December 15, 2009

WWP wins appeal in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest overturning a grazing decision for the Franklin Basin Allotment in northern Utah
December 4, 2009

Support WWP With a Year-End Donation
November 23, 2009

Good News for Western Watersheds Project in Montana & California
November 18, 2009

Idaho Land Board Finally Throws in the Towel
November 16, 2009

WWP Favorably Settles Mexican Wolf Litigation !
November 10, 2009

WWP Files Suit Against Federal Agencies to End Bison Slaughter
November 5, 2009

WWP Wins Summary Judgment from Administrative Law Judge on the nearly 100,000 acre Byner Complex Allotments in Arizona
October 14, 2009

WWP expands bighorn sheep protection to Bureau of Land Management lands
September 25, 2009

WWP Acts to Protect Bighorn Sheep in Central Idaho
September 2, 2009

WWP Takes Decisive Action to Protect Wildlife and Public Lands Across the West
August 21, 2009

WWP & Conservation Partners Seek Prelimary Injunction of Wolf Delisting
July 30, 2009

RIPARIAN RECOVERY ~ Lake Creek, Central Idaho 1993 - 2009
July 9, 2009

Meet "Jewel", Phantom Hill Wolf pack member B445
June 16, 2009

Bighorn sheep receive well-deserved attention over the last week
June 3, 2009

WWP Wildlife News
May 11, 2009

WWP Has Good News Across the West
April 10, 2009

WWP Litigates BLM Management Affecting Over 25 Million Acres
April 6, 2009

WWP Wins Federal Court Order Requiring FWS to Consider Review of Whether Big Lost River Whitefish Deserve Endangered Species Act Protection
March 6, 2009

WWP Wins A Federal Court Order Remanding A Kingman, Arizona BLM Grazing Decision on 412,000 Acres
February 27, 2009

WWP Wins A Federal Court Injunction To Protect Greater Sage Grouse On 625,000 Acres Administered By The Jarbidge Field Office Of The BLM
February 4, 2009

The Opportunity of a New Year
December 16, 2008

Action: Ken Salazar is the Wrong Choice at Interior
December 10, 2008

WWP's Staff & Board Thanks You
November 11, 2008

WWP Welcomes New Administration of Public Lands
October 17, 2008

WWP Has a Busy End of Summer and Early Fall
August 12, 2008

WWP Files Litigation to Protect the Sonoran Desert National Monument
July 19, 2008

WWP & Coalition Win Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Litigation
June 6, 2008

WWP Wins One in Court for Slickspot Peppergrass
April 28, 2008

WWP Joins in Litigation To Overturn The Delisting of Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
March 13, 2008

Online Messenger #136
February 27, 2008

WWP Joins Ten Other Groups To Fight Delisting of Wolves in the Northern Rockies
December 31, 2007

WWP Extends Thanks To All Our Supporters For Making 2007 A Memorable And Successful Year
December 4, 2007

WWP Wins Court Order Overturning Bush Administration Decision Not To List Greater Sage Grouse !
November 19, 2007

WWP Acts To Protect The Imperiled Montana Grayling In Montana And The Big Lost River Whitefish In Idaho
November 15, 2007

WWP and HCPC Win Protection of Bighorn Sheep and Closure Of The Last Domestic Sheep Grazing Allotment On The Nez Perce National Forest
October 5, 2007

WWP Enjoys Many Exciting Victories on Behalf of Wildlife and Public Lands in the West
July 19, 2007

Wolves, Grizzly Bears, Bighorn, Big Lost River Whitefish, Copper Basin, and more ...
June 10, 2007

Western Watersheds Project Wins A Great Victory Overturning The Bush Administration’s BLM’s Grazing Regulations
April 20, 2007

WWP Litigates To Protect Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Stops Grazing in Washington, & Joins Effort to Stop Delisting of Grizzlies
March 25, 2007

WWP Board Meeting, WWP Stirs It Up in WA, Comment on Wolves, Hearing on Bush Grazing Regulations, & WWP Backs BLM on Bully Creek
February 4, 2007

WWP Roils WY Legislature, Remembering Molly Ivins, WWP Sells Valley Sun, Wildlife at Greenfire, Grazing Regulation Litigation Update,
January 9, 2007

Slickspot Peppergrass: Kempthorne Continues Unlawful Political Interference
December 28, 2006

Happy Holidays
December 5, 2006

The Sawtooth National Forest Backs Down to WWP Litigation, United Nations Publishes an Important Report, and Election Brings Hope for the Environment
November 12, 2006

WWP Wins Prelim Injunction on Spruce Mountain, WWP Litigates in ID & UT, 9th Cirtuit Produces Favorable Precedent
September 25, 2006

Federal Judge Halts Bush Grazing Regulations Affecting 160,000,000 Acres of Public Land While Court Considers WWP Litigation
September 11, 2006

WWP Wins Appeal of a Major Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest Grazing Decision on 191,000 Acres in the Martin Basin of the Santa Rosa Ranger District Near McDermitt, Nevada
August 28, 2006

WWP Extends A Cordial Invitation to All Readers of WWP's Online Messenger to Join WWP Board and Staff at the Fourth Greenfire Revival at WWP's Greenfire Preserve in Central Idaho September 29-October 1, 2006
August 11, 2006

Western Watersheds Project Wins a National Court Injunction
July 12, 2006

Western Watersheds Project Files Litigation To Block New Bureau of Land Management Grazing Regulations
July 10, 2006

Idaho Loses Money On Idaho State School Endowment Land Grazing Leases
June 16, 2006

A Federal Court Victory For WWP And A New WWP Petition To Save The Big Lost River Whitefish
June 13, 2006

Help Rescue 1.5 million Acres of the Public's Land from Being Turned into a Cattle and Weed Wasteland
May 23, 2006

Catching Up On The Latest WWP News
March 1, 2006

Western Watersheds Project Wins Another Major Grazing Victory. This Time In Nevada.
February 7, 2006

Western Watersheds Project Wins Another Major Federal Court Victory
January 19, 2006

Your Comments Needed Now: WWP Won The Lawsuit in 2004 But The Nevada BLM Fails Miserably In Its Court Ordered DEIS
January 11, 2006

Helicopter Capture And Collaring Of Wolves In The Central Idaho Wilderness Is Prevented By WWP In Coalition With Other Conservation Groups
December 13, 2005

Congressmen Pombo and Gibbons Remove Their Mining Mark-up From the Budget Reconciliation Act
December 12, 2005

Help Stop The Public Lands Fire Sale Including 520 Acres Next to WWP's Greenfire Preserve in Central Idaho
November 10, 2005

A Diverse Coalition Presents Case for Mono Basin Sage Grouse Protection
November 8, 2005

Conservationists Petition Federal Government To Increase Grazing Fee
October 29, 2005

Pombo Forces Sale Of Idaho Public Lands To California Corporation
August 31, 2005

WWP Reaches Partial Settlement of Jarbidge BLM Litigation With Largest Public Lands Rancher
August 20, 2005

Federal Magistrate Judge Mikel Williams Agrees With WWP And Throws Out The Decision By The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Not To List Slickspot Peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum)
August 9, 2005

BLM Backs Down On Public Land Grazing Rule Changes
August 4, 2005

WWP Wins A Major Federal Court Victory Ordering The Immediate Removal Of Cattle From Over 800,000 Acres Of Public Lands In The Jarbidge Field Office Of The BLM!
July 26, 2005

WWP Files Lawsuit To Block Major Changes To BLM Grazing Regulations On 160,000,000 Acres Of Public Lands
May 16, 2005

WWP and Dr. Randall Hermann Sue the Sawtooth National Forest Over A Sheep Grazing Decision for 150,000 acres near Ketchum, Idaho
May 9, 2005

Stone Quarry Lawsuit Victory
April 14, 2005

BLM Juniper Destruction Stopped And Other Recent WWP News
March 3, 2005

Endangered Pygmy Rabbit One Step Closer To Protection
February 17, 2005

Wyoming Rancher's Special Settlement Is Profiled in the Casper Star Tribune Today
January 6, 2005

New And Expanded Litigation Filed By WWP
December 14, 2004

WWP Wins Grazing Closure Of The 16,000 Acre Lacey Meadows Lease
November 23, 2004

RangeNet 2004 News, the Award of the Edward Abbey Memorial Hooved Locust Award, and late fall WWP News from Utah and Idaho
November 1, 2004

Fantastic Fall Wildlife News From Western Watersheds Project's Greenfire Preserve
October 1, 2004

WWP Wins An Important Legal Victory Affirming the National Environmental Policy Act
September 16, 2004

A Massive Elko Nevada BLM Decision Is Stayed By Court Order
August 26, 2004

Two Major Court Wins For WWP and A Change For The 2004 Greenfire Revival
August 3, 2004

Federal Judge Henry Kennedy of the Federal Court In Washington, D.C. Denies Rancher/Intervenor Frank Robbins a Change In Venue
July 26, 2004

WWP Makes Generous Offer To Retire The 16,000 Acre Lacey Meadows Lease Near Weippe, Idaho
July 26, 2004

WWP Action Alert
July 14, 2004

A Concert In Boise and Cattle Finally Leave The Lower East Fork Allotments
June 28, 2004

A Pair Of Federal Court Victories
June 17, 2004

A Court Victory and A New Lawsuit Is Filed
May 11, 2004

WWP Takes Idaho Land Board to Court One More Time
May 4, 2004

Western Watersheds Wins Stay to Protect Craters of the Moon
April 9, 2004

Pole Fence Relocation Project At Greenfire Preserve A Big Success And WWP Sues the Bureau Of Land Management (Again)
March 29, 2004

Western Watersheds Project Wins Court Ruling on Upper Salmon Basin
March 9, 2004

March News from WWP
February 25, 2004

WWP Opens Office in California
February 16, 2004

Bureau Of Land Management Cancels Legal Settlement With Wyoming Rancher Frank Robbins
January 23, 2004

January News from WWP
December 16, 2003

Fundraising Goals, WWP Job Openings and Legal News
December 2, 2003

WWP Appeals Forest Service Grazing Decision on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
October 27, 2003

You Are Invited To Attend RangeNet 2003 on November 5-7 in Boulder, Colorado
October 21, 2003

Long Awaited Federal Grazing Buy Out Legislation Is Introduced in Washington, D.C.
October 15, 2003

WWP Opens New Offices In Idaho and Montana
October 1, 2003

WWP Sues The BLM In Washington D.C. Over The Frank Robbins Settlement in Worland, Wyoming
September 29, 2003

You Are Cordially Invited To The Third Annual Greenfire Revival September 12-14, 2003
September 25, 2003

Bighorn National Forest Cancels Grazing Permit Of Well Known Wyoming Rancher Charles Kane of Sheridan
September 1, 2003

WWP Files Two New Lawsuits Against The BLM in S.E. Oregon and Central Idaho
July 16, 2003

WWP Announces The Opening Of its Fourth Office In Pinedale, Wyoming and Endangered Slickspot Peppergrass Denied ESA Listing By Bush Flunkies
July 3, 2003

Greenfire Preserve Summer News And BLM In Wyoming Comes Into WWP's Legal Crosshairs
June 23, 2003

More On Thermopolis Hobby Rancher Frank Robbins From The Casper Star Tribune of June 22, 2003
June 13, 2003

Wyoming Rancher (originally from Alabama) Uses Political Clout to Continue Abuse Of Public Lands
May 23, 2003

Please Provide Your Comments in Support of Alternative #3 (No Livestock Grazing) for the Upper and Lower East Fork Allotments in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area by May 30, 2003
May 22, 2003

Nevada Grazing Permit Struck Down, and WWP and CBD File a Legal Complaint to Force the Listing of Montana's Declining Arctic Grayling
April 30, 2003

Federal Court Bars Livestock in Jarbidge, Bruneau Watersheds
April 28, 2003

Please Comment on Bush Administration Proposed Changes to Federal Grazing Regulation Before May 2, 2003
April 11, 2003

WWP Board Member Louise Wagenknecht's Memoir "White Poplar, Black Locust" is Published, Conservation Groups Petition to List Pygmy Rabbits Under ESA, Conservation Groups Sue to Protect 1.3 Million Acres in Nevada
April 4, 2003

WWP to Federal Court: BLM Violates Law With Utah Grazing Permits; Federal Court Expands Order to Protect Wolves in Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area
March 5, 2003

Another Victory in Federal Court Rejecting Spurious Predator Killing in 15,000,000 Acres In Idaho
February 26, 2003

Groups Move to Protect Wolves and Stop Grazing in Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area; Montanan Artic Grayling Lawsuit Notice Letter Is Filed; Federal Grazing Fee Lawsuit Filed
February 3, 2003

Grazing Buyout News
January 14, 2003

WWP News
November 27, 2002

An Invitation & WWP Files Two New Lawsuits
November 15, 2002

A Great Court Victory, New Litigation, An Invitation, and WWP Board Meeting Schedule
October 24, 2002

In Nevada: A Successful Legal Settlement And A New Lawsuit And A Wolf Discussion Panel in Pocatello, Idaho October 29, 2002
September 28, 2002

Three Upcoming Meetings & Conferences Readers May Find Of Interest
September 25, 2002

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Confirms Grazing Cutbacks in Owyhee County Idaho
September 5, 2002

WWP executive director Jon Marvel's Email response to the Peter Jennings ABC News' "Call of the Wild" program broadcast Tuesday evening September 3, 2002
August 30, 2002

Idaho Land Board Reversed By Idaho District Court Judge Duff McKee; Idaho's Wolves' Conflicts With Public Lands Ranching To Be Featured on ABC News Special Report
August 8, 2002

Western Watersheds Project Announces Two Major Fall Events
July 19, 2002

Federal Judge Orders Protection For Wolves in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
July 12, 2002

Two Excellent Editorials by WWP Staff and Board Are Published in the Idaho Statesman
June 26, 2002

Federal Court Motion Filed by WWP and ICL To Remove Livestock From Portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area In Follow Up To Federal Court Victory
June 14, 2002

Major Victory for Idaho's Wolves in Sawtooth National Recreation Area Federal Court Decision
May 15, 2002

Falcons, Bats, Painting & Legal News
May 2, 2002

Heartwarming Wildlife & Legal News
April 10, 2002

Legal Updates & NPLGC News
April 6, 2002

Who to Contact Over the Killing of the White Hawk Wolf Pack
April 5, 2002

Entire Nine-Member White Hawk Wolf Pack Killed in Central Idaho by Government Gunners
March 25, 2002

Pleasantview Allotment Court Case Against the BLM Favorably Settled
March 22, 2002

Western Land Management Subsidized Cow Chow
February 27, 2002

Wolf Documentary Film Opens Today in Boise, Idaho
February 1, 2002

Western Watersheds Project Initiates Two Major Public Lands Accountability Actions
January 16, 2002

Good News from Greenfire Preserve
December 27, 2001

WWP and the Committee for Idaho's High Desert Sue the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Over Mountain Quail Listing Petition
December 14, 2001

WWP, ONDA, and CIHD Sue the Vale District of the BLM in Oregon
December 11, 2001

The Gallatin National Forest extends Scoping Comment Period for the Horse Butte Cattle Allotment Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) where Yellowstone Bison are being killed because of the presence of public lands cattle.
December 3, 2001

Columnist John Balzer published the following excellent editorial in the Sunday, December 2, 2001 Los Angeles Times.
November 7, 2001

Recent Actions in WWP's Public Lands Accountability Campaign
October 17, 2001

WWP Files New Lawsuit Against the Pocatello Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management
October 12, 2001

WWP Files New Lawsuit Against the Idaho Board of Land Commissioners
September 20, 2001

September News: Auction, Land Board, Dewatering and Greenfire Revival
September 5, 2001

Largest Permittee to End Cattle Grazing in Grand Teton National Park
August 31, 2001

WWP and CIHD File New Water Diversion Lawsuit
August 2, 2001

WWP and ICL Sue Sawtooth National Forest To Force Protection of Wolves.
July 13, 2001

Idaho Federal District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill Issues Temporary Restraining Order Preventing Any Irrigation Water Diversion From Otter Creek.
July 2, 2001

WWP to File Suit Against the Sawtooth National Forest
June 15, 2001

White Hawk Pack Wolves to Be Killed from Gun Ships By Government Agents
June 15, 2001

Western Watersheds Project Applies for 7,000 Acre Idaho School Endowment Land Grazing Lease
June 7, 2001

Conservation Groups Sue the Forest Service and the BLM
June 5, 2001

Former Pioneering National Forest Supervisor Injured in Automobile Accident; WWP Reaches Out of Court Settlement on Otter Creek Diversion; WWP Sends Out Another 75 Sixty Day Notice Letters of WWP's Intention to Sue for Threatened Fish Habitat Destruction.
May 16, 2001

Cowboy Judge Blows Off Environmental Damage by Cattle on Smiths Fork Allotment
May 10, 2001

Conservation Groups File for Temporary Restraining Order Barring Livestock Turn-Out in South-West Wyoming
May 4, 2001

Federal Court Approved Settlement Stops Irrigation Diversion on Mahogany Creek
April 12, 2001

Idaho Federal District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill Awards WWP Another Victory
April 4, 2001

Conservation Groups Seek Emergency Protection for Rare Idaho Flower
March 30, 2001

BLM Buckles and Backs Down on Bully Creek: Conservationists Force BLM to Implement Grazing Changes in Eastern Oregon
March 21, 2001

Conservation Groups File Preliminary Injunction Motion to Prevent Any Water Diversion From Otter Creek
March 15, 2001

Conservation Groups File Grazing Lawsuit to Stop Cattle Turn-Out in Malheur County, Oregon
March 13, 2001

Idaho Watersheds Project Announces a Name Change to Western Watersheds Project and a New Web Site; Idaho Land Board Steps Backwards One more Time
February 16, 2001

Conservationists Seek to Halt Irrigation Diversion to Protect Bull Trout
January 29, 2001

Memorial Potluck for Paul Fritz
December 20, 2000

Conservation Groups File First ESA Lawsuits Against Ranchers Over Water Diversions in Upper Salmon River Watershed
December 13, 2000

Idaho Land Board Awards Lacey Meadows Grazing Lease to the Low Bidder in Probable Violation of Its Fiduciary Responsibility
October 27, 2000

Idaho Watersheds Project Becomes the Manager of 440 Acre Ranch With Over 50,000 Acres of Public Land Grazing Permits
October 16, 2000

Public Lands Ranching Kills Wolves TV Campaign Started By IWP
October 8, 2000

Section 9, Endangered Species Act Lawsuit Planned
October 3, 2000

Idaho Watersheds Project wins auction for 5,050 acre grazing lease in Cassia County in southern Idaho
August 24, 2000

Idaho Watersheds Project wins auction for 16,000 acre lease in Clearwater County in north Idaho
July 14, 2000

Another Federal Court Win for IWP
July 11, 2000

Seven Year Battle Ends with Victory for Idaho Watersheds Project
June 2, 2000

BPA Funds Idaho Grazing Aquisition to Protect Fish
June 1, 2000

Rancher Judge Blows Off the BLM
May 27, 2000

IWP Joins in Lawsuit to Enforce the Taylor Grazing Act
May 15, 2000

HUGE VICTORY AT THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
May 1, 2000

IWP Files For a Record Number of Acres of Grazing Leases
April 15, 2000

Westslope Cutthroat Trout Petition Denied; Utah Ranchers Match IWP's Bids for Utah School Trust Land Grazing Leases
April 6, 2000

Idaho Watersheds Project Awarded Grazing Permit By The Utah School & Institutional Trust Land Administration (SITLA)
March 24, 2000

Wyoming Ranchers Match Grazing Bids by IWP and Must Pay Double
March 17, 2000

Endangered Species Listing Petition Filed for Mountain Quail, a "Most Butifull Bird"
March 1, 2000

IWP Applies for 10,000 Acres in Wyoming and Utah
February 29, 2000

COURT IMPOSES INJUNCTION ON OWYHEE GRAZING
February 26, 2000

IWP appeals Samaria Allotment Grazing
February 14, 2000

Grazing on the Cliffs Allotment in Owyhee County to be Cut by 53%
February 8, 2000

Idaho Watersheds Project Awarded South Fork of Lime Creek Grazing Lease
February 4, 2000

Another Auction Victory !
January 12, 2000

Victory !
January 6, 2000

Great New Book on Public Lands Ranching; The Idaho Department of Lands Recommends that Idaho Watersheds Project be awarded 4 grazing leases on over 5000 acres of Idaho school trust lands.
December 6, 1999

Late November News from IWP
December 6, 1999

"Golden Cowpie" Award Winners Announced by Idaho Watersheds Project
November 9, 1999

Land Board Postpones Consideration of Grazing Lease Auctions
November 5, 1999

Land Board Memo Recommends Denial of Grazing Lease to IWP
October 18, 1999

Another Victory in Court
October 7, 1999

Jarbidge Confrontation Stamped Down
October 7, 1999

IWP Wins 2 State Grazing Leases on South Fork of Lime Creek watershed, Camas County Idaho
October 6, 1999

Jarbidge Vigilante Alert !
September 29, 1999

Hewlett Ranch Appeals Grazing Lease Decision Won By IWP
September 29, 1999

3 Grazing Lease Auctions Highlight IWP Success
September 10, 1999

IWP Outbids Hewlett-Packard Heiress