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

Press Releases

Feb 17, 2021

Guardians joins 500 groups in support of confirming Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary

Overwhelming support for confirmation of first Native American as U.S. Secretary of the Department of the Interior

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#ClimateJustice, #DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #GreaterChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires, #PublicLandsInPublicHands, #Rewilding, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Feb 11, 2021

Drilling near Holy Cross Wilderness conflicts with Biden’s new policies

Conservation groups seek to halt Whitney Creek Geotechnical Investigation

Public Lands, Rivers

#CORiver, #ForceForNature, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers

Feb 3, 2021

Troubling 2021 outlook for the Rio Grande Basin

Hard choices required to prevent ecosystem collapse and species extinction

Rivers

#LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers, #ReviveTheRio, #RioGrande

Jan 12, 2021

Groups ask USDA Inspector General to investigate proposed Cove Reservoir in Utah

Coalition seeks an investigation into Kane County Water District proposal for $22 million in taxpayer funding and whether it violates federal law

Rivers

Dec 23, 2020

Suit strives to restore broad protections to nation’s waterways

Trump administration rollback gutted basic federal protections for 90 percent of the rivers, creeks, marshes, arroyos, ciénegas, and streams in the Rio Grande basin

Rivers

Dec 17, 2020

Guardians lauds Biden’s historic pick of Haaland for Interior Secretary

First Native Cabinet Secretary will make climate and environmental justice a centerpiece of Interior Department

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#PressStatement

Sep 9, 2020

Six State Coalition Send Historic Letter Opposing Lake Powell Pipeline to Secretary of Interior

Utah’s largest new water diversion in Colorado River Basin ignites a modern water war, results in veiled threat of litigation by other states

Rivers

#CORiver, #LivingRivers, #RethinkRivers

Aug 19, 2020

Trump Administration Expands Hunting and Fishing in Wildlife Refuges

Decision needlessly puts imperiled wildlife at risk

Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #RioGrande, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Aug 17, 2020

Sweeping Win for Salmon and Steelhead on the Willamette River

Court finds Army Corps’ dam operations harm salmon and violate the Endangered Species Act

Rivers, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #LivingRivers, #RethinkRivers

Aug 3, 2020

Conservationists Intervene to Oppose New Dam Project Near the Grand Canyon

New hydropower project would harm Little Colorado River and endangered species

Rivers, Wildlife

#CORiver, #LivingRivers, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction

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.