April 9, 2018
Conservation groups appeal border waiver decision.
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April 6, 2018
Washington, DC-- Ryan Zinke has continued to work tirelessly to show his true self as he reveals his future political ambitions. Last Friday, it was revealed that Zinke has said diversity is not important nor a priority for his department-- clarified by his actions that disproportionately affect Native Americans and women working at the department.
March 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a rush to avoid another government shutdown, members of Congress have proposed an omnibus deal that fortunately falls short of Trump’s outrageous requests to fully fund his wall, but still includes $1.6 billion for border walls along the U.S.- Mexico border. A significant portion of the funding is designated for 33 miles of new barriers that can be built as levee-walls or existing “bollard fence.
March 21, 2018
CASPER, WY -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department tonight will host the first in a series of public meetings to gather comments on the state’s proposed grizzly bear trophy hunt. The proposal will allow the killing of twenty-four grizzly bears, including slow-reproducing females. The hunt would begin the first day of September, just as bears are trying to fatten up to survive the hibernation period. Females are especially vulnerable as they need extra calories to be able to give birth and sustain cubs during hibernation.
March 13, 2018
Trump spews lies about border communities in San Diego.
March 12, 2018
Today Ryan Zinke’s Department of the Interior is wrapping up oil and gas leasing on public lands near the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Though the administration walked back the initial leasing proposal, which also included areas near Yellowstone National Park, today’s leases remain a threat to protected public lands and big game herds in an area prized for its elk.
March 11, 2018
Trump and anti-immigrant, anti-environment not welcome in California.
March 9, 2018
Wyoming puts forward horrifying hunting plan for the Yellowstone grizzly.
February 27, 2018
San Diego, CA-- Today, Judge Gonzalo Curiel ruled on the side of the Trump administration in their effort to waive environmental laws to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall in California. The decision will expedite border wall construction in delicate habitat and on public lands.
In response, Sierra Club Managing Attorney Gloria Smith released the following statement:
February 16, 2018
Bozeman, MT-- Yesterday, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously against a grizzly bear hunt in Montana outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park-- blocking a trophy hunt of the species in the state for 2018. In making their decision, officials noted ongoing litigation challenging the loss of federal protections for the Yellowstone grizzly bear population.
In response, Bonnie Rice of the Sierra Club’s Greater Yellowstone campaign, released the following statement:
February 9, 2018
Montana makes right choice on grizzly hunt.
February 9, 2018
San Diego, CA-- Today, advocates gathered in Southern California near a federal courthouse before a federal judge heard a legal challenge against the border wall. The U.S. District Court in Southern California listened to Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Animal Legal Defense Fund's arguments against the administration’s waivers of key health and environmental safeguards for wall construction.