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Press Releases
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
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 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
Jun 11, 2024
Bureau of Land Management receives new legal petition to reduce conflicts between livestock and wildlife

Conflicts triggered by livestock grazing in wildlife habitat are a major cause of death for species including wolves, grizzly bears, and coyotes

Montana, Public Lands, Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife
Jun 3, 2024
Conservation groups celebrate plan to restore grizzly bears to North Cascades

Concerns remain about source population fragility

Montana, Public Lands, Washington, Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #Rewilding
May 30, 2024
Oregon conservation coalition requests Oregon Wildlife Commission close federal lands to beaver trapping

“If we want ecosystem resilience, healthy salmon runs, and cooler, cleaner water, this is the obvious step,” said Ryan Talbott, Pacific Northwest Conservation Advocate with WildEarth Guardians.

Oregon, Wildlife
#EcosystemRestoration, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement
May 22, 2024
Wildlife groups initiate legal action: Feds too slow to protect Sonoran desert tortoise

Species threatened by climate change, livestock grazing, drought, invasive species, development

Arizona, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
May 22, 2024
Wildlife activists urge continued grizzly bear protections

100,000 petition signatures delivered to Sec. Haaland as grizzly bear images light up Interior Building

Idaho, Montana, Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement