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The Montana Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in Missoula on the second part of a challenge to permits granted by the state to a mining company that wants to build a copper mine near White Sulphur Springs in a water drainage above the renowned Smith River. The two sides in the case say the […] The post Supreme Court hears arguments on water permits for copper mine near Smith River appeared first on Daily Montanan.

Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the United States Forest Service for what they’re calling a “massive” project that encompasses more than 73,000 acres and covers 115 square miles in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Area. Those groups have urged the federal district court to take immediate action because they say the logging project has already […] The post Conservation groups say ‘massive’ Pintler Wilderness logging project should be stopp...

After the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) denied protections to Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves last week, conservation and animal rights activists on Wednesday declared their forthcoming intent to sue the agency. Four groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity, served both FWS and the Department of the Interior, which houses the agency,…

Everal state agencies, including the Utah Division of Natural Resources, have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming state officials are not doing enough for the Great Salt Lake.

The threat to the area comes amid a larger debate over building infrastructure in St. George, one of the nation’s fastest growing cities, and efforts to preserve the surrounding desert’s unique landscape and critical habitat for plants and animals, such as the endangered Mojave Desert tortoise.

A U.S. District Court Judge has blocked a legal move by the Colorado cattle industry to stop wolf reintroductions into the state 75 years after eradication.

Drought and overpumping have reduced groundwater supplies across the West. Officials and conservation groups in Nevada are working to address the problem.

Hours before a planned vote on the Miami Wilds water park, federal wildlife regulators released a letter declaring the development site “environmentally sensitive” and likely “essential” for protecting an endangered bat.

Miami Wilds had support for a lease extension with Miami-Dade. Then Ron Magill joined conservation groups to kill the deal.

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Friends of West Shore, TahoeCleanAir.org, and North Tahoe Preservation Alliance, ("Conservation Groups") filed a lawsuit against...