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Press Releases
Jul 25, 2024
Asha denied freedom for failure to breed

The young female Mexican wolf captured the imagination of New Mexicans with her travels

Arizona, New Mexico, Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement
Jul 18, 2024
Wildlife advocates celebrate wolf dispersal, decry capture of female lobo

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department are using female to bait and capture her possible mate near Flagstaff

Arizona, Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement
Jul 15, 2024
Advocates launch legal action to prevent grizzly bear deaths at bait stations

Bear baiting takes the lives of grizzly bears in the Northern Rockies and robs the wild of these remarkable animals.

Idaho, Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement
Jul 11, 2024
WildEarth Guardians announces Michelle Collier as the organization’s Finance and Operations Director

WildEarth Guardians is delighted to welcome Michelle Collier to the organization in the role of Finance and Operation Director. 

#ForceForNature, #PressStatement
Jun 24, 2024
Supreme Court Takes Up Case Challenging Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway

In addition to climate damage, the railway would harm public lands, rare plants and wildlife habitat.

Climate + Energy, Utah
#ForceForNature, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Jun 21, 2024
Forest Service urged to strengthen protections for mature and old-growth forests in draft national old growth plan

The U.S. Forest Service must fulfill the direction of President Biden’s Executive Order to protect mature and old-growth forests for the climate, clean water and imperiled species. 

Public Lands
#Climate Forests, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #Rewilding
Jun 20, 2024
Fish and Wildlife Service denies federal protections for imperiled Rio Grande fish species

Federal officials announce the Rio Grande chub and Rio Grande sucker do not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act

Colorado, New Mexico, Rivers, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ReviveTheRio, #RioGrande
Jun 20, 2024
Grizzly bear death at Idaho bait station precisely what conservation groups’ lawsuit hoped to prevent

Another protected grizzly bear in Idaho has been shot by a hunter at a black bear bait station

Idaho, Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement
Jun 14, 2024
Coalition Sues for Old-Growth Protections in Willamette National Forest

Forest Service Ignores Climate Benefits of Large, Old Trees

Oregon, Public Lands
#Climate Forests, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #Rewilding, #WildlandsForWildlife
Jun 13, 2024
Federal officials urged to strengthen sage grouse habitat protections, prevent bird’s extinction

Seventy-seven land-use plans proposed by the BLM threaten 69 million acres of greater sage grouse habitat.

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction