National Audubon Society
Coverage of National Audubon Society in the Nexus archive.
- The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird
The Colorado River faces collapse due to chronic overuse and drought, with seven Western states deadlocked over water reduction agreements. The Trump administration is shifting toward federal funding for supply-boosting projects as states fail to resolve disputes between Upper and Lower Basin regions.
- Federal judge tosses oil leases on sage grouse habitat
A federal judge in Montana ruled that oil leases sold in sage grouse habitat between 2019 and 2020 violated the Federal Land Policy and Management Act by failing to follow prioritization requirements set in 2015 land use plans. Conservation groups argued the Bureau of Land Management’s lease sales in Wyoming and Montana/Dakotas disregarded protections for sage grouse, a decision upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court.