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

Press Releases

Feb 19, 2021

FERC moves forward with pumped storage hydro project near Lake Powell

Conservation groups vow to continue to fight this climate-doomed project

Wildlife

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

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

Federal judge overturns Trump administration’s gutting of greater sage grouse protections

Court holds unlawful Trump assault on ten million acres of prime sage grouse habitat

Public Lands, Wildlife

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

Feb 3, 2021

Guardians seeks endangered species listing protection for 80 remaining Texas ocelots

Fragmented, small populations need more habitat connectivity and a tear down of the border wall for survival

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Feb 2, 2021

“Roxy’s Law” passes New Mexico Senate Conservation Committee

"Roxy's Law" would outlaw traps, snares, and wildlife poisons on public lands in New Mexico

Wildlife

#TrapFreeNM

Jan 27, 2021

Recent incidents highlight trapping as a statewide problem

The number of trapping incidents reported on public lands is on the rise, especially in rural New Mexico.

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #TrapFreeNM

Jan 19, 2021

Bill to outlaw traps, snares, and wildlife poisons introduced in New Mexico Senate

Number of trapped dogs piles up as “Roxy’s Law” is introduced

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #TrapFreeNM, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 14, 2021

Guardians, coalition challenge nationwide wolf delisting

Lawsuit blasts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to follow the science

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Jan 14, 2021

Groups challenge Trump administration’s latest assaults on Endangered Species Act

Regulations finalized last month strip vital protection from imperiled species’ essential recovery habitat

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Jan 13, 2021

Burlington Northern seeks federal permission to continue killing grizzlies in Montana

Railway company applies for 7-year permit to kill 18 grizzlies as “incidental” cost of doing business

Wildlife

#PressStatement, #StopExtinction

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