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

Press Releases

Oct 20, 2021

Living rivers vital to New Mexico’s 50-year water planning effort

Plan currently falls short in analyzing the effects of climate change on the ecological health of waterways, imperiled species, and recreational economy

Rivers

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

Oct 18, 2021

Endangered status removed from imperiled Colorado River fish

Crisis looms large for the basin due to climate change and unsustainable use

Rivers, Wildlife

#CORiver, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction

Sep 28, 2021

Comments needed on New Mexico’s 50-year water plan

Health of state’s rivers, streams, and riparian areas—and projected impacts to fish and wildlife—not adequately addressed

Rivers

#LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers, #ReviveTheRio, #StopExtinction

Sep 8, 2021

Climate change threatens recovery of endangered Colorado River fish

WildEarth Guardians and allies oppose stripping endangered status from razorback sucker

Rivers, Wildlife

#CORiver, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction

Sep 2, 2021

Good news for Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Judge issues injunction requiring immediate actions at U.S. Army Corps dams to save Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Rivers, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction

Aug 26, 2021

Six Texas mussels slated to receive Endangered Species Act protections

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposed rule to list the species follows petitions and legal action by WildEarth Guardians over the past 14 years

Rivers, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Jul 15, 2021

Judge rebukes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers excuses, orders immediate actions to save Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Court demands changes in dam operations and firm timelines to change the extinction trajectory of salmon and steelhead

Rivers, Wildlife

#EcosystemRestoration, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction

Jul 7, 2021

Investigative drilling near Holy Cross Wilderness threatens imperiled species

Guardians and allies send notice of intent to sue to federal agencies

Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

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

Jun 9, 2021

Collision of crises threatens Rio Grande and its communities

Lawsuit threatened to protect river flows and trigger commitments to long-term solutions

Rivers

#ForceForNature, #LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RioGrande, #StopExtinction

Apr 26, 2021

Appeal filed to sustain Colorado River flows and stop Gross Dam expansion

Coalition stays the course in fight to halt construction of tallest dam in Colorado history

Rivers

#CORiver, #ForceForNature, #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.