# Western Watersheds Project Fighting for the future of the American West since 1993. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Trapper Who Should Know Better](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/the-trapper-who-should-know-better) _2026-08-19 · Western Watersheds Project_ Bill Nelson has killed another endangered Mexican gray wolf. Once again, authorities treated it as an accident and declined to prosecute. ## [Why National Park wolves need a Sacred Resource Protection Zone](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/why-national-park-wolves-need-a-sacred) _2026-08-12 · Western Watersheds Project_ An Indigenous-led proposal would protect wolves that cross the invisible boundaries of Yellowstone and Grand Teton, and honor their ecological, cultural, and economic importance. ## [Thirty-Five Years Without Cows Transformed This Nevada River](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/thirty-five-years-without-cows-transformed) _2026-08-06 · Western Watersheds Project_ The Marys River shows what passive restoration can accomplish across the arid West. Instead of replicating its success, the BLM may reopen it to livestock grazing. ## [Cheatgrass: The cause of the problem won’t solve the problem](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/cheatgrass-the-cause-of-the-problem) _2026-08-03 · Western Watersheds Project_ Every few years, another study arrives promising a new reason why domestic livestock supposedly benefit America’s public lands. This time, it’s cheatgrass. ## [The BLM Blamed Wild Horses. Its Own Records Pointed to Cattle.](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/the-blm-blamed-wild-horses-its-own) _2026-07-31_ Photo of the Pancake Herd Management Area in Nevada (WWP/Erik Molvar) ## [Forest Service to authorize livestock in grizzly habitat on grazing leases already bought out for conservation purposes in Wyoming](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/forest-service-to-authorize-livestock) _2026-07-29 · Western Watersheds Project_ The Trump Administration is trying to open up four former sheep grazing allotments on the Bridger-Teton National Forest for what they are calling “fire mitigation.” The problem is, these allotments – Elk Ridge, Lime Creek, Rock Creek, and Tosi Creek – have been recovering from livestock use for the last ten years after being administratively retired and ## [USFS quietly rewrites protections for imperiled species, hides new biological documents from public](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/usfs-quietly-rewrites-protections) _2026-07-28 · Western Watersheds Project_ Weakened BiOps green-light grazing violations, abandon science, and leave iconic threatened species at risk ## [California wolf diet study shows that cattle are overpopulated](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/california-wolf-diet-study-shows) _2026-07-27 · Western Watersheds Project_ A California wolf diet study reveals just how thoroughly domestic cattle have displaced native prey on public lands. ## [The Long War on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/the-long-war-on-bears-ears-and-grand) _2026-07-20 · Western Watersheds Project_ How decades of attacks on Utah’s national monuments culminated in Trump’s latest attempt to erase them. ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/toAI1R64aP91) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [What's Really Behind the BLM's New Grazing Rule?](https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/whats-really-behind-the-blms-new) _2026-07-06 · Western Watersheds Project_ Watch now | There’s a week left to speak out against the new proposed grazing regulations for the Bureau of Land Management; here’s what you need to know. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204650560/cf873357f231577d74bdcbc09c00c0f7.mp3)