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This is just one of many leasing related battles that Wilderness Workshop (WW) and the Western... Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today to challenge a massive Powder River Basin coal mining plan that the groups say ignores alternatives to coal, oil and gas leasing and fails to publicly acknowledge the harms from coal combustion, violating federal... Wildlife attorney Matt Bishop has dedicated his career to fighting extinction. The American West is defined by its natural heritage of wildlands, rivers, forests, and wildlife. The firm helped establish many of the nonprofit peace, environmental and women’s rights groups that are now major …
Click here to receive WELC publications in the mail for free. As young child George Atiyeh climbed up into the magnificent old growth trees of Opal Creek and pledged his soul to defend them and the land on which they stand.... Late last week, a Federal District Court in Colorado ruled that thousands of acres of oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide properly expired nearly a decade ago.
While our reputation was built on our ability to help clients find inventive legal solutions in these areas, we have also always met our clients’ needs for legal assistance with the day-to-day “business” of running a nonprofit organization, providing help with corporate compliance, governance, leases, vendor contracts, grant agreements, and similar matters. National Tier 1 in Environmental Law. Harmon Curran is known for working closely with clients to identify and prioritize their legal needs and to develop effective strategies for working within the scope of their resources. Search the U.S. News-Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms rankings for firms near you by using our advanced search engine. Subscribe to WELC publications in the mail here. EXPLORE WAYS TO GIVE.
This website contains attorney advertising. MORE>>. We will respect your inbox by only sending the most important news. Our world is warming, with dire consequences to the American West’s communities, lands, rivers, and wildlife. Founded as one of the country's first public interest law firms, Harmon Curran's core values remain consistent with those of the firm's clients, including strengthening citizen advocacy, achieving social and economic justice, expanding civil rights, and promoting environmental stewardship. Founded as one of the country's first public interest law firms, Harmon Curran's core values remain consistent with those of the firm's clients, including strengthening citizen advocacy, achieving social and economic justice, expanding civil rights, and promoting environmental stewardship. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. He focuses on predators – keystone species whose importance to ecosystem health can’t be overstated. The Western Environmental Law Center uses the power of the law to safeguard the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the American West in the face of a changing climate. We envision a thriving, resilient West, abundant with protected public lands and wildlife, powered by clean energy, and defended by communities rooted in an ethic of conservation. Matt’s fellow WELC attorney Laura King wrote a profile on Matt, offering a look inside our Montana office and what drives extinction’s opposing counsel.
Likewise, Matt’s success in defending those species has had an outsized impact across the West. We will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe anytime. The conservation community lost a true hero in the Beachie Creek fire near Oregon’s Opal Creek Wilderness. Help protect the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the American West by staying informed! of National Rankings: 3
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The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a rule to overhaul its environmental analysis procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which will dramatically curtail the role the public and science play in land management decisions on 193 million acres of national forest lands across the country.
We envision a thriving, resilient West, abundant with protected public lands and wildlife, powered by clean energy, and defended by communities rooted in an ethic of conservation. “A really first rate attorney is a problem avoider rather than a problem fixer.
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a rule to overhaul its environmental analysis procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which will dramatically curtail the role the public and science play in land management decisions on 193 million acres of national forest lands across the country. Thank you! Receive monthly updates on our work defending the West.
Harmon Curran is a nationally recognized law firm providing nonprofit organizations with advice on tax exemption, lobbying, election-related activity, employment, and other legal matters facing organizations. Our unique expertise at the intersection of the tax and election laws governing lobbying and political advocacy by nonprofit organizations provided leading nonprofit advocacy groups with critical guidance and continues to be a core aspect of our firm's practice today. Your colleagues and staff are equally deserving of our thanks.”, --Craig Shniderman, Former Executive Director, Food & Friends, 1725 DeSales Street, NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC 20036, PRIVACY POLICY DISCLAIMER Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. Learn more, Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, Collaborative Forest Management in the Malheur, Protecting Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers in Oregon and California from Mining, Protecting Carnivores from Wildlife Services in Colorado, Protecting Puget Sound Chinook Salmon, Bull Trout, and Steelhead, Banishing M-44 Cyanide Bombs from Public Lands, Protecting Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin From Fracking, Keystone XL: Defending the Right to Protest, Fighting for Terry Tempest Williams’ and Brooke Williams’ Right to Buy Fossil Fuel Leases, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands, Keeping 11 Billion Tons of Dirty Coal in the Ground in the Powder River Basin, Environmental Law Clinic, Internships, and Careers, Protecting NEPA – The Environmental Magna Carta, Federal court in Colorado confirms thousands of acres of Thompson Divide leases expired, Conservation groups: Federal Powder River Basin coal plan violates court order. | ©2020 Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP. The Western Environmental Law Center uses the power of the law to safeguard the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the American West in the face of a changing climate. Our firm won a national reputation for its strong and innovative expertise in the fields of nonprofit tax and election law, as well as environmental, employment, and affordable housing law. WELC protects native animals while preserving and restoring the healthy, functioning natural ecosystems they call home. Learn more here. The American West depends on its iconic wildlife.
The firm helped establish many of the nonprofit peace, environmental and women’s rights groups that are now major institutions.