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

Press Releases

Jan 21, 2020

Federal Protections Sought for Rare Rio Grande Fish

Rio Grande Shiner Threatened by River Mismanagement

Rivers, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #RioGrande, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 17, 2020

New Mexico OKs Widespread Trapping Despite Broad Public Opposition

Game Commission Disregards Perils to Endangered Wolves, Pets

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #TrapFreeNM

Dec 18, 2019

Colorado First Gentleman Joins Wildlife Advocates in Demanding End to Use of Sodium Cyanide Bombs

Colorado Environmental Leaders Call for Federal Legislation After EPA
Reauthorizes Use of Deadly Devices

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife

Dec 5, 2019

Trump administration again reauthorizes wildlife-killing cyanide bombs despite strong opposition

Sodium cyanide will continue to be used and continue to be a threat to people, pets, and non-target

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife

Nov 27, 2019

Wild wolf pup dragging leghold trap in Gila

Another pup is undergoing treatment as private trapping continues to take a toll on endangered species and public lands

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife

Nov 22, 2019

Game Commission ignores public, pushes inadequate trapping rule

2400 public comments result in zero change to rule proposal

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #TrapFreeNM

Nov 20, 2019

New Mexico Game Commission faces deadline to improve trapping rule

Traps have been banned in neighboring states and dozens of countries but not yet in New Mexico

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife

Nov 19, 2019

Lawsuit Targets Wildlife-killing Program in Montana

WildEarth Guardians sues Wildlife Services for its failure to look at environmental impact of its killing program since mid-1990s

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife

Nov 6, 2019

Court order forces Trump administration to pull sage-grouse habitat from Nevada oil auction

Rare birds spared from development

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Wildlife

#KeepItInTheGround, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #WildlandsForWildlife

Nov 5, 2019

WildEarth Guardians Fighting for Iconic Joshua Trees in Court

Trump Administration Ignored Science, Climate Change Impacts when Refusing Protections

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Wildlife

#KeepItInTheGround, #WildlandsForWildlife

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