Issues
Approximately one third of all the land in the U.S. is managed by the federal government, theoretically for the use and benefit of all the public. Too often, however, it is managed for the benefit of private interests, which have little if any concern for the public or for the future, causing pollution, erosion, and other problems.
- Our Stories
- Postal Arrogance
In the mid-1980s, the Army gave the Postal Service permission to build a large new postoffice on land that was about to become a national park. Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice, explains what happened next.
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- Recent Victories
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Biological and Cultural Treasures at Makua to be ProtectedA March 2004 settlement requires the military to stop conducting prescribed burns at Makua Military Reservation and to complete their consultation with the USFWS in an effort to protect native Hawaiian cultural sites and endangered plants and animals. Tongass Wilderness Injunction Buys TimeCourt rules Forest Service cannot continue to approve timber sales in roadless areas while simultaneously considering the very same areas for wilderness protection. Sequoia National Monument is AffirmedThe national monument established by President Clinton to protect the last pockets of unprotected giant sequoias on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada has withstood a challenge. Safeguarding Hawai'i's Native PlantsUnder court order, in 2003, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made final designations of more than 400,000 acres of critical habitat for scores of species of endangered and threatened plants native to Hawai`i. Kaiparowits Power PlantThe wild, remote, rugged, and beautiful Kaiparowits Plateau in southern Utah was slated to become an industrial zone with coal mine and power plant. Instead it is now a national monument. Gold in Them Thar HillsIt looked as if nothing could stop a Canadian mining company from reopening an abandoned gold mine adjacent to Yellowstone National Park, threatening three major watersheds with acid-laced pollution. But Earthjustice had a better idea. Staff attorney Doug Honnold explains. Postal ArroganceIn the mid-1980s, the Army gave the Postal Service permission to build a large new postoffice on land that was about to become a national park. Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice, explains what happened next. Mineral King: Breaking Down the Courthouse DoorDon Harris, one of Earthjustice's founders, tells the story of how it all started, in a lawsuit that opened up the legal system to environmental organizations and sparked the creation of the organization that would become Earthjustice. |
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