Hi blue friends in Switzerland and Germany! Come hang out with me next week in Zurich, Lucerne, Bern and Berlin! blue-community.net/2026/02/erin...

Urge your members of Congress to oppose the so-called "Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act," which would release 100,000 acres of Wilderness Study Areas for potential development. wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/montanasport...

FOIA records reveal U.S. Forest Service considering nationwide chainsaw use in Wilderness! Conservation organizations, trail groups & retired agency wilderness specialists express strong opposition to requests from commercial outfitters. wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/freedom-of...

"The Senate vote is a big blow to conservation groups and others who argue the watershed of the Boundary Waters — a fragile and unique ecosystem and one of the most popular wilderness areas in the country — is the absolute wrong place for this kind of mining..."

Two recent S4N updates, one theme: Healthy watersheds depend on wetlands, salmon, clean water, tribal stewardship, and legal tools that can see whole living systems, not just isolated impacts. Read our latest updates:

The 2026 Most Endangered Rivers report is a warning map for U.S. watersheds. The threats differ by region, but the pattern is familiar: rivers absorb cumulative impacts that law often treats separately. What would change if rivers had legal standing? standingfornature.org/2026/04/14/2...

Wetlands are ecological infrastructure. They filter water, store carbon, reduce flooding, support salmon habitat, and sustain biodiversity. That was one of the big takeaways from the Tulalip Tribes’ Earth Day gathering.

Standing for Nature was honored to join the Tulalip Tribes for their Earth Day celebration on April 22. We are grateful to the Tulalip Natural Resources team and community for welcoming us. Wetlands, salmon, clean water, and stewardship are all connected.

This year’s Goldman Environmental Prize cohort is the first in the award's history to be composed entirely of women Among the recipients is Colombian rights of nature activist Yuvelis Morales Blanco, recognized for her grassroots mobilization against fracking insideclimatenews.org/news/2004202...

The U.S. House is scheduled to vote on the so-called "ESA Amendments Act" (H.R. 1897) on Earth Day, April 22. H.R. 1897 would weaken the Endangered Species Act and decrease protections for threatened and endangered species. ACT NOW >>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/the-extinc...

A whale washes ashore. A river runs low. A species stops returning in the same numbers. What looks isolated may actually be part of a larger pattern of ecological decline. That is where current law often falls short.

After big dams on the upper Klamath River in far northern CA were removed in 2024, Chinook (king) salmon migrated upstream for the first time in 100+ years--and now they have hatched.

Gray whale deaths in Washington are not just isolated tragedies. They are warning signs from a much larger ecosystem under strain. When whales begin washing ashore here in unusual numbers, our coast becomes a readout of changes unfolding far beyond Washington.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) wants to gut the Wilderness Act to potentially allow Homeland Security to build roads, land aircraft, and install surveillance technology across America’s entire 112-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System. ACT NOW: wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/border-bill

Can a river hold legal rights? Eight tribal nations say yes. In January, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recognized their waters as a living relative. More on our blog: standingfornature.org/2026/04/09/tribal-nations-are-leading-the-way-on-river-rights-the-rest-of-u-s-law-is-still-catching-up/

"Let’s mark the post-Thanksgiving date as Extinction Friday: a moment to think about the peoples and species we’ve driven off the face of the Earth, and to promise to do our part to prevent others — or ourselves — from joining them." buff.ly/U8CsGjF

The hearing was rescheduled for Oct. 24 at 9:30am. Standing for Nature submitted its Opposition to the Motion for Summary Judgment (which would overturn the Snohomish River Watershed's legal rights) last Friday. The arguments are solid. You can read it here: standingfornature.org/2025/08/21/s...

Standing for Nature will be at Climate Week NYC next week! Hope to connect with you there! #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateWeek25 #RightsofNature

Standing for Nature is scheduled to defend Everett Initiative 24-03 (legal standing for the Snohomish River Watershed) at the Snoho Cnty Courthouse on 9/11. Learn more, read the pleadings (please contact if you're a lawyer with ideas) & donate to the legal fund! standingfornature.org/2025/08/21/s...

We spent decades fearing artificial intelligence, thinking it would take over & destroy us. Turns out it’s just another tool by which we can waste huge amounts of energy & resources producing meaningless nonsense as we accelerate ever faster along the path to destroy ourselves.

🌊 #RightsofNature news: Lake San Pablo in Ecuador is affirmed as a rights-bearing entity! In a historic ruling for environmental justice in Ecuador, a constitutional judge has declared Lake San Pablo as a subject of rights.

We're still fighting the lawsuit to overturn the law that gives legal standing to the Snohomish River Watershed in Everett, WA. Initiative 24-03 passed with 57% of the vote. We can use your help! standingforwashington.org/2025/02/06/s...

Still waiting on the judge's ruling...

This is why nature needs the legal standing to protect itself if there won't be any regulations left to protect it.

Argued our Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit by developers trying to overturn the local ballot measure we passed in Nov granting legal standing to the Snohomish River Watershed. Ruling next week. Learn more and read the pleadings (linked at the bottom) here: standingforwashington.org/2025/02/06/s...