The Bureau of Land Management's North Steens Ecosystem Restoration Project will hurt rather than help the mountains because it fails to address harm caused by cattle grazing and motor vehicles, the Oregon Natural Desert Association claims in Portland Federal Court.
The Bureau of Land Management illegally prevented environmental groups from filing administrative protests of its Northwest Forest Plan, Oregon Wild and other groups claim in Portland Federal Court.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe joins the USA and Minnesota in suing Enbridge Energy Ltd. Partnership, claiming it spilled 6,000 barrels of crude oil in wetlands, in Minneapolis Federal Court.
The U.S. Department of Transportation violated environmental law in approving the Bigelow Gulch Road-Forker Road Urban Connector, the Prairie Protection Association claims in Spokane Federal Court.
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