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

WildEarth Guardians’ report that documents nearly 1,000 breaches of seasonal closures and timing limitations that are supposed to protect wildlife from disturbance by oil and gas drilling. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) adopted these timing restrictions to help protect mule deer, elk, and pronghorn in northwest New Mexico and lesser prairie-chickens in southeast New Mexico, but our report details how the federal agency is routinely allowing oil and gas companies to avoid these restrictions. Approximately 1,000 breaches occurred from 2000-2007.