Brave New Wild

Suit Seeks to Restore Protections for Wildlife in Flathead National Forest

WildEarth Guardians | August 6, 2020

New Flathead Forest Plan favors resource extraction over protection and restoration of habitat for grizzly bears, Canada lynx, wolverine, and bull trout

Climate, Clean Air, and Health Have to Come First in New Mexico

Jeremy Nichols Aug 7, 2020

Newly Proposed Regulations Would Still Give Fracking Companies a Free Pass to Pollute the Land of Enchantment

C+E Show On Home Climate + Energy

Tips for drafting a public comment on wildlife coexistence

Grace Erispaha Aug 6, 2020

How citizens can communicate the importance of wildlife coexistence to federal agencies during the environmental review process

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Grizzly Bear Tool Kit

WildEarth Guardians | July 13, 2020

It’s a critical time for threatened grizzly bears, so raise your voice to protect and defend the Great Bear

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VICTORY: Big protections for wildlife in Montana

WildEarth Guardians | May 14, 2020

Agreement with USDA’s Wildlife Services curbs agency’s killing of grizzles, wolves, other native wildlife; ends all killing in Wilderness; halts use of cyanide bombs on public lands.

Opinion Public Lands Featured

COVID and a Creative Conservation: Reimagining Our Closest Connections

Leia Barnett | May 8, 2020

Honoring all the life, both human and more-than-human, that came before us and coexists here with us still

Opinion Featured

Conserving Our One Health

Leia Barnett | May 1, 2020

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the ties between COVID, conservation, and what comes next

News Rivers Featured

Confronting the Extinction Crisis in Western Rivers

WildEarth Guardians | April 21, 2020

Immediate Action Needed to Protect Imperiled Rivers and Aquatic Species

News Wildlife Featured

Wildlife Services killed four endangered Mexican gray wolves in late March

WildEarth Guardians | April 7, 2020

Bloodiest week in southwestern wolf mismanagement since 2006

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Guardians and Allies Tell New Mexico BLM to Put People Over Polluters During COVID-19

WildEarth Guardians | March 30, 2020

Indigenous, Environmental, and Community Groups and Representatives Call on Agency to Stop Sacrificing Public Lands for Fracking, Join Americans in Putting Health First

News Wildlife Featured

Mexican gray wolf population up by 32 in 2020 wolf count

WildEarth Guardians | March 18, 2020

Iconic, native carnivore shows resilience in the face of mismanagement and human obstacles

News Wildlife Public Lands Featured

Idaho Agreement Restricts Wolf-Killing, Bans Use of Cyanide Bombs Statewide

WildEarth Guardians | March 11, 2020

Legal Victory Will Protect Idaho’s Wildlife, Pets

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Federal Court Win Blocks Coal Mining in Western Colorado

Jeremy Nichols | March 2, 2020

Another Win for our Climate and Public Lands

Guardians to New Mexico: Put Brakes on Proposed Fracking Waste Rules

WildEarth Guardians Jul 21, 2020

Clean water, public health, and the environment are under threat as New Mexico’s oil and gas regulators move to ease rules governing toxic waste

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New Legal Challenge Launched Against Trump’s Public Lands Coal Giveaway

WildEarth Guardians Jul 20, 2020

The Trump administration is throwing the climate, clean air and water, and public health under the bus to prop up the dying coal industry

C+E Show On Home News Climate + Energy

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VICTORY: Big protections for wildlife in Montana

WildEarth Guardians | May 14, 2020

Agreement with USDA’s Wildlife Services curbs agency’s killing of grizzles, wolves, other native wildlife; ends all killing in Wilderness; halts use of cyanide bombs on public lands.

Opinion Public Lands Featured

COVID and a Creative Conservation: Reimagining Our Closest Connections

Leia Barnett | May 8, 2020

Honoring all the life, both human and more-than-human, that came before us and coexists here with us still

Opinion Featured

Conserving Our One Health

Leia Barnett | May 1, 2020

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the ties between COVID, conservation, and what comes next

News Rivers Featured

Confronting the Extinction Crisis in Western Rivers

WildEarth Guardians | April 21, 2020

Immediate Action Needed to Protect Imperiled Rivers and Aquatic Species

News Wildlife Featured

Wildlife Services killed four endangered Mexican gray wolves in late March

WildEarth Guardians | April 7, 2020

Bloodiest week in southwestern wolf mismanagement since 2006

C+E Show On Home News Climate + Energy Featured

Guardians and Allies Tell New Mexico BLM to Put People Over Polluters During COVID-19

WildEarth Guardians | March 30, 2020

Indigenous, Environmental, and Community Groups and Representatives Call on Agency to Stop Sacrificing Public Lands for Fracking, Join Americans in Putting Health First

News Wildlife Featured

Mexican gray wolf population up by 32 in 2020 wolf count

WildEarth Guardians | March 18, 2020

Iconic, native carnivore shows resilience in the face of mismanagement and human obstacles

News Wildlife Public Lands Featured

Idaho Agreement Restricts Wolf-Killing, Bans Use of Cyanide Bombs Statewide

WildEarth Guardians | March 11, 2020

Legal Victory Will Protect Idaho’s Wildlife, Pets

C+E Show On Home Climate + Energy Featured

Federal Court Win Blocks Coal Mining in Western Colorado

Jeremy Nichols | March 2, 2020

Another Win for our Climate and Public Lands

News Public Lands Featured

BLM Ignores Tribal and Public Interests in Managing Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante

Chris Krupp | February 19, 2020

Politics Trumps Tribal and Public Interests in Management Plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

Large Landscape Conservation Just Makes Cents

Leia Barnett Jul 17, 2020

We envision a large landscape designation in the Greater Gila Bioregion that would set the stage for the ecological and economic benefits of land protections to be, for lack of a better word, capitalized on.

Opinion Public Lands

Notes from the Field

Leia Barnett Jul 10, 2020

And Oh, What a Field It Was!

Opinion Wildlife Public Lands

Opinion Public Lands Featured

COVID and a Creative Conservation: Reimagining Our Closest Connections

Leia Barnett | May 8, 2020

Honoring all the life, both human and more-than-human, that came before us and coexists here with us still

Opinion Featured

Conserving Our One Health

Leia Barnett | May 1, 2020

Welcome to our weekly round-up of the ties between COVID, conservation, and what comes next

News Rivers Featured

Confronting the Extinction Crisis in Western Rivers

WildEarth Guardians | April 21, 2020

Immediate Action Needed to Protect Imperiled Rivers and Aquatic Species

News Wildlife Featured

Wildlife Services killed four endangered Mexican gray wolves in late March

WildEarth Guardians | April 7, 2020

Bloodiest week in southwestern wolf mismanagement since 2006

C+E Show On Home News Climate + Energy Featured

Guardians and Allies Tell New Mexico BLM to Put People Over Polluters During COVID-19

WildEarth Guardians | March 30, 2020

Indigenous, Environmental, and Community Groups and Representatives Call on Agency to Stop Sacrificing Public Lands for Fracking, Join Americans in Putting Health First

News Wildlife Featured

Mexican gray wolf population up by 32 in 2020 wolf count

WildEarth Guardians | March 18, 2020

Iconic, native carnivore shows resilience in the face of mismanagement and human obstacles

News Wildlife Public Lands Featured

Idaho Agreement Restricts Wolf-Killing, Bans Use of Cyanide Bombs Statewide

WildEarth Guardians | March 11, 2020

Legal Victory Will Protect Idaho’s Wildlife, Pets

C+E Show On Home Climate + Energy Featured

Federal Court Win Blocks Coal Mining in Western Colorado

Jeremy Nichols | March 2, 2020

Another Win for our Climate and Public Lands

News Public Lands Featured

BLM Ignores Tribal and Public Interests in Managing Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante

Chris Krupp | February 19, 2020

Politics Trumps Tribal and Public Interests in Management Plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

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The Doctor is In

Sara Samovalov | February 16, 2020

Samantha Ruscavage-Barz lays down the law for the Wild

No Climate Action Means No Climate Justice in Colorado

Jeremy Nichols Jul 9, 2020

Guardians files lawsuit to get Colorado back on track for climate action and greenhouse gas reduction

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Don’t be Fooled: New Mexico Proposal Would Open Door for Toxic Frack Waste Dumping

Jeremy Nichols Jul 8, 2020

New Oil Conservation Commission Regulations Would Allow Use and Discharge of Oil and Gas Industry’s Toxic Waste, Threatening New Mexico’s Clean Water

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Matthew Koehler

Communications Manager

Matthew Koehler joined WildEarth Guardians as the Communications Mangers in 2020, bringing 25 years of experience working to protect and defend public lands, wildlife, wilderness, and democracy. He grew up in the rural Wisconsin Village of Elkhart Lake, surrounded by the Kettle Moraine State Forest, where his family goes back six generations. His love for nature came from his parents, a housepainter and a nurse, and time the family spent hiking, canoeing, cross-country skiing, and camping on public lands. He moved to Missoula, Montana in 1995 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with a history degree and later obtained a secondary teaching certificate from the University of Montana, for history and English. Voted best activist by the Missoula Independent in 2007 and awarded the Fund for Wild Nature’s “grassroots activist of the year” in 2010, he enjoys gardening, cooking, and spending time in nature.

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