Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate

Press Releases

Jul 7, 2020

Nevada Court Protects Bi-State Sage-Grouse from Off-Road Vehicles

The Bi-State sage-grouse population is isolated from all other sage-grouse populations in a unique area in the Mono Basin along the California-Nevada border

Public Lands, Wildlife

#ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jul 6, 2020

Drinking water protection projects in Oregon and Washington get $400,000 boost from federal and state drinking water partnership grants

Drinking Water Providers Partnership grants benefit clean water, people, salmon, and trout

Public Lands

#EcosystemRestoration, #LivingRivers, #RethinkRivers, #Rewilding

Jul 1, 2020

House Passes Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program as Part of “Moving Forward Act”

National forest watersheds, imperiled wildlife, and rural communities poised for a much-needed boost

Public Lands

#EcosystemRestoration, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #Rewilding

Jun 26, 2020

National Forest Watersheds, Imperiled Wildlife, Rural Communities Poised for a Much-Needed Boost

Proposed program to reduce water quality impacts from aging infrastructure and climate change

Public Lands

#EcosystemRestoration, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #PublicLandsInPublicHands, #Rewilding

Jun 19, 2020

Trump Administration Abandons Hammond Ranches Appeal in Reprieve for Oregon Wildlife, Public Lands

Imperiled species like sage grouse and redband trout benefit from no livestock grazing in 2020

Public Lands

#Rewilding, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jun 17, 2020

Wildlife Advocates Sue Forest Service Over Rising Wolf Body Count in Washington

Twenty-six wolves killed—including the Profanity Peak Pack—due to agency’s continued preferential treatment for livestock grazing over coexistence with wildlife

Public Lands, Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jun 12, 2020

Guardians Statement on Trump Administration’s “Modernization Blueprint” for the U.S. Forest Service

This is really just a blueprint for more public lands logging, drilling, mining and grazing at the expense of critical wildlife habitat and clean water

Public Lands

#EcosystemRestoration, #PressStatement, #ProtectNEPA, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #PublicLandsInPublicHands, #Rewilding

Jun 10, 2020

Lawsuit Halts Border Road Construction in Key Grizzly Bear Habitat

Forest Service will forego road building in Northern Idaho National Forest this summer

Public Lands

#Rewilding, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jun 5, 2020

Guardians Vows to Confront Injustice of Latest Trump Administration Environmental, Health Rollbacks

Under Guise of COVID-19 Health Emergency, Trump Orders Suspension of Environmental Reviews, Protection of Endangered Species

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#AJustTransition, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #ProtectWhatYouLove

Jun 2, 2020

Petitions Filed to Defend Rare New Mexico Plants Threatened by Fracking

Guardians Seeks Endangered Species Act Protections for Clover’s Cactus and Aztec Gilia

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround, #PublicLandsInPublicHands, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate

Press Releases

WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West.