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Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante restored

John Horning | October 22, 2021

Let’s all celebrate this monumental win even as we know we’ll need to prepare to defend these special landscapes from future attacks

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Celebrate the 49th anniversary of the Clean Water Act

Jen Pelz Oct 18, 2021

Take action to defend the law that protects clean water

Public lands open to livestock grazing should not count toward 30×30 goals

Andrew Rothman Oct 15, 2021

Claiming victory by doing nothing except relying on fuzzy math is simply pulling the wool over the public’s eyes

$Colorado public lands spared from fracking$

Colorado public lands spared from fracking

Jeremy Nichols Oct 13, 2021

Another lawsuit won, but we still have work to do to defend the climate and public lands

Groundbreaking legal win for Joshua trees

John Horning Oct 6, 2021

Thanks to a big legal win by WildEarth Guardians, the iconic Joshua tree is one step closer to federal Endangered Species Act protection

Cascade of water begins for Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Marlies Wierenga Oct 1, 2021

Thanks to our legal win, action is happening now in the Upper Willamette River. On October 1, Foster Dam begins spilling water for threatened fish

New Mexico’s rivers and streams are too valuable to lose

Tricia Snyder Sep 28, 2021

Use the talking points below to speak up for imperiled waterways and ensure they are meaningfully considered in the state’s 50-year water plan

Trophy hunters have Yellowstone’s wolves in their crosshairs

John Horning Sep 26, 2021

For years the rallying cry of hunters opposed to wolves has been to ‘smoke a pack a day.’ That’s not just a cruel slogan—now, it’s public policy in Montana and Idaho

President Biden must keep his climate commitments

John Horning Sep 17, 2021

We simply can’t frack our way to a safe climate, so demand bold climate action and climate justice

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