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White House Memo Establishes Salmon Restoration as Biden Priority

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration announced watershed abundance goals for salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin, identifying restoration of the species as a policy priority.…

Biden Blocks GOP Attempt to Strip Protections From Two Vulnerable Species

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Biden vetoed attempts to remove protections for two at-risk species. The move ensures the northern long-eared bat and lesser prairie-chicken can still be protected…

Sierra Club Statement on Secretary Haaland’s Visit to Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Over the weekend, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning visited Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to meet…

Sierra Club Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Raul Ruiz (CA-25) called on President Biden to use his powers under the Antiquities Act to designate Chuckwalla National Monument in the California Desert…

Sierra Club: Interior Report on Mining Law Outlines Necessary Reforms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Biden Administration issued a new report on recommendations for updating the 1872 General Mining Law. Among the proposed reforms are increased Tribal…

Sierra Club Statement on the Biden Administration’s Announcement on the Arctic Refuge, Western Arctic

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the White House announced a series of groundbreaking policies with major significance for the communities, landscapes, and wildlife of the Arctic and for the…

Lawsuit Challenges Massive Offshore Lease Sale for Failing to Properly Consider Gulf Communities and Climate

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gulf community and environmental groups sued the Department of the Interior today to challenge an offshore oil and gas lease sale that would offer up more than 67 million acres in…

Lawsuit Spurs Agreement to Better Protect Endangered Rice’s Whale From Offshore Drilling

BALTIMORE, MD — Under a settlement agreement approved today in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect the Rice’s whale – a critically endangered…

Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A Utah federal judge today dismissed two lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo President Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante…

Sierra Club Celebrates Designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

GRAND CANYON, AZ -- Today, the White House announced President Biden would designate Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona as the…