The Hoopa Valley Tribe of Humboldt County, California, complains the federal government’s conversion of time-limited water contracts into permanent ones will deplete the Trinity River and harm the fish the tribe relies on for food and a living.
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The State of Kansas asked a federal court Monday to set aside a U.S. Department of Interior decision that allows the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma to develop a casino in the Wichita suburb of Park City.
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An environmental group said Wednesday it plans to sue the federal government to secure endangered species protection for catfish and salamanders in North Carolina because the government has stalled on the proposed protection.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity brought a federal complaint over the failure by the Department of the Interior to respond to its December 2017 FOIA request “seeking records related to the agency’s December 2017 announcement that all work on grizzly bear recovery efforts in the North Cascades ecosystem would be halted.”
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The Trump administration is walking back a plan to introduce grizzly bears back into Washington state’s North Cascades, striking a blow to environmental groups who say the plan was critical for the recovery of the species.
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Amid an Atlantic hurricane season expected to be more active than normal, an environmental group claims the Trump administration illegally loosened longstanding rules protecting coastal barriers to allow beachfront developments to take sand from vulnerable areas.
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An Interior Department watchdog office will investigate law enforcement and security forces’ violent clearing of protesters from Lafayette Square in front of the White House earlier this month.
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Alaskan hunters can once again use donuts to bait bears from their dens, and they can kill wolf and coyote pups during denning season, thanks to the latest regulatory rollback of Trump administration Tuesday.
Read moreA federal court in Washington granted summary judgment to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on its challenge to the Secretary of the Interior’s decision determining that the tribe did not meet the definitions of “Indian” in the Indian Reorganization Act. The decision was “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law.”
Read moreTaking up whether the Trump administration can revoke reservation status for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe that welcomed the pilgrims in 1620, a federal judge lashed out Wednesday over what he said was the most poorly written government document he had ever read.
Read moreThe Northern Alaska Environmental Center et al. sued the Department of the Interior in Anchorage Federal Court for failing to conduct environmental impact statement or environment assessments before offering leases to drill for oil on 3.9 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity claims in a federal complaint that Interior Secretary David Bernhardt missed the deadline to decide whether coastal populations of the Humboldt marten merit protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Read moreWildEarth Guardians sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming he missed the deadline to determine whether five aquatic species warrant protection as endangered species: the Rio Grande chub, Rio Grande sucker, sturgeon chub, sicklefin chub and narrow-foot Hygrotus diving beetle.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court for failing to “adequately protect and conserve the critically endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.”
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, for lollygagging on protecting the threatened or endangered lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes region.
Read moreThe Interior Department on Wednesday issued a record of decision that provides right of way permitting for the Keystone Pipeline — despite the fact that a lawsuit against the pipeline is moving through federal court in Montana.
Read moreA federal judge declined on Friday to order the government to allow the Chinook Indian Nation to reapply for federal recognition, but he did toss out the Department of Interior’s decision to ban such second tries and told the department to re-evaluate the rule.
Read moreWildEarth Guardians claims Interior Secretary David Bernhardt approved 2,067 oil and gas leases in five Western states without proper environmental review, in federal court.
Read moreThe Sierra Club sued the Department of the Interior and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for information whether they consulted with the Fish & Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as required, before issuing permits for “highly destructive” surface mining.
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