Endangered Species
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Continuing our Campaign to Protect Māui Dolphins
At the end of November 2022, Earthrise had a big win when we obtained a preliminary injunction in our lawsuit on behalf of Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society seeking to protect the Māui dolphin, a critically endangered dolphin found only in waters around New Zealand’s North Island.
Conserving California Condors
In February, Earthrise Legal Fellow, Alex Houston traveled to San Francisco for oral argument before the Ninth Circuit in the third appeal of our long-running RCRA case against the Forest Service.
Saving Southern Sea Otters
Earthrise recently assisted Environment America, Environment Oregon, and Environment California in drafting and submitting comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asking the Service to make a negative determination on a petition to delist the Southern sea otter from the Endangered Species Act.
Working to Protect the California Condor
Last Thursday, Earthrise legal fellow Alex Houston appeared before the Ninth Circuit to argue the third appeal in our long-running case on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council (Wild Arizona) to protect California condors and other wildlife from poisoning due to consumption of spent lead ammunition disposed of on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. Alex did a great job – now, we wait!
Victory for the Māui Dolphin
Earthrise achieves a significant victory for the critically endangered Māui Dolphin.
An update on our work to protect the Maui dolphin
Māui dolphins are one of the rarest and smallest dolphins in the world. They are found only on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island.
Earthrise scores a win for condors in the Ninth Circuit!
Cormorants Disappear Amid Corps’ Culling Program
Professor and Earthrise attorney, Dan Rohlf, has been fighting against a controversial federal cormorant culling program under which federal agents could eventually kill as many as 11,000 adult double-crested cormorants and destroy even more nests in the estuary of the Columbia River as part of a plan to save native salmon. This summer thousands of cormorants have left the nesting grounds along the Columbia River.
Bloomberg Law talks with Professor Dan Rohlf about climate change and threatened animals
Summer Extern Chillemi Joins Attorney Rohlf at the Table for Oral Argument on Cormorant Culling on the Columbia River
For Fly-Fisher Mark Tuai, Environmentalism and Sport Inextricably Intertwined
Mark Tuai gains real world experience being around a team of extraordinary attorneys dedicated to improving the environment.
FEMA Gets Legal Wake Up Call, Must Consider Salmon Habitat: Interview with Attorney Dan Rohlf
Earthrise Victory as Court Throws out Salmon Biological Opinion, Again
Earthrise Secures Important Victory for the Critically Imperiled California Condor
In January, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that our lawsuit could move forward challenging the use of lead hunting ammunition in Arizona’s Kaibab National Forest.
