About WildEarth Guardians – who we are and what we do
About Us
WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West.
Driven by passion, we’ve tackled some of the West’s most difficult and pressing conservation challenges over the past three decades. We’ve celebrated small victories (banning leghold trapping in the state of Colorado), monumental triumphs (ending logging on more than 21 million acres in the Southwest), and everything in-between.
We’re proof that a group of committed, visionary, idealistic, and passionate caretakers of the wild can take on the most daunting adversaries—and win.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
As advocates for justice, we must reflect upon and address the ways in which unequal distribution and consolidation of power and privilege have had–and continue to have–unjust impacts on the interconnected web of people and nature. People and nature have not only a right to exist, but to thrive, and any inequities that impact one impact the whole ecosystem.
Additional Resources
Brave New Wild Blog
Get to know Hop Hopkins, Guardians’ new Executive Director
We’re excited to welcome Hop to Guardians—and think you will be too!
John Horning: My Last Lesson
Departing Executive Director John Horning reflects on gratitude and courage after thirty years’ service for the Wild
Another whirlwind legislative session underway in New Mexico
Guardians head to the Roundhouse to defend water, wildlife, wild places and a better future for New Mexico
WildEarth Guardians Press
Lobo population growth slows as genetic health and limited space hinder recovery
More Mexican wolves are good, but serious concerns about recovery program persist
Read more >Manage public lands for flexibility — including wolves
I love the lands of my home state deeply, and I long for the day when we can manage those lands for more than just the interests of human populations.
Read more >Residents living near Montana coal mines warn feds about new state laws
Witnesses bordering three Montana coal mines expressed concerns for more than an hour about what mine runoff would become under a new state law redefining “material damage” when it comes to mine impacts on water quality outside of the mine’s footprint.
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