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06/25/2018
Today The Wilderness Society, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Izaak Walton League of America, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington, D.C. to prevent sulfide-ore mining at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
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06/21/2018
The Farm Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday (21 June 2018) wasted an opportunity to produce a bill with broad support that would have greatly enhanced US water quality, healthy soils, and wildlife.
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06/08/2018
At a hearing on June 8, the Senate Agriculture Committee released the draft bill it will mark up next week. There’s good news for conservation in this bill.
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05/16/2018
The Farm Bill under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives this week is a mixed bag for water quality, healthy soils, and wildlife. On balance, the bill falls short in meeting the needs of America’s farmers, rural communities, natural resources, and taxpayers.
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04/20/2018
This Earth Day, the League invites people in our community and across the country to join the Clean Water Challenge. From a stream clean-up or tree planting to testing water quality, any activity that helps people get to know their local streams is a great way to celebrate Earth Day.
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