Program areas at WWP
Monitoring -- identify damaged Watersheds and document abusive land management practices. Report the following: livestock numbers on grazing allotments, turnout times, abusive grazing, degradation of streams and stream banks, destruction of riparian and upland habitat, degradation of cultural, historic, archaeological and scenic resources, illegal diversions of water, negative impacts to wilderness values, roadless areas, wilderness study areas and designated wilderness.
Litigation -- protect imperiled wildlife, public lands, and Western Watersheds through vigorous litigation under the endangered species act, clean water act, federal land policy management act, and other statutes that protect the environment. The organization holds over 4,000 acres of school endowment land leaseholds obtained through competitive bidding that are being managed for wildlife habitat and conservation purposes.
Restoration and education -- Western Watersheds Project successfully brings the organizations conservation campaign to the attention of national press and policymakers. In the last five years more than 450 news stories have appeared about the work of wwp.