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
The Fierce Green Hope of Earth Day
It is this fierce green hope that has fueled Guardians’ unapologetic defense of nature and her wonder.
New Forest Service report reveals agency wants to max out logging
Agency proposes cutting both public involvement and forests important for combating climate change
WildEarth Guardians shines at annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
Our brilliant staff are leading the charge to protect wildlife, safeguard Western forests, and strengthen our movement
WildEarth Guardians Press
Ninth Circuit upholds temporary protections for grizzly bears in ongoing wolf trapping case
State of Montana’s wolf regulations harm grizzly bear recovery
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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