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Press Releases
Aug 24, 2017
Zinke Recommends Shrinking Rio Grande del Norte, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monuments

Recommendation defies New Mexicans' call to keep cherished landscapes intact.

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Jul 20, 2017
Feds Poised to Bless More Storage in Elephant Butte Reservoir

Green Group Scorns Missed Opportunities to Rethink the Rio Grande

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Jun 26, 2017
WildEarth Guardians Fills Vital Leadership Position From Within

Legal Director Becomes Conservation Director

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife
May 19, 2017
Report Outlines New Strategy for Stretching Rio Grande Water Supply

A report from a conservation group working in New Mexico provides an alternative plan to help an over-tapped Rio Grande by changing where water is stored in the river system.

Rivers
#LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #RioGrande
May 18, 2017
Joint Release: Agreement secures protection of the South Platte River in central Denver

Settlement establishes environmental monitoring and directs $500k to protect and enhance river health and underserved communities

Rivers
May 16, 2017
New Mexicans rally in support of PNM shareholder resolutions to protect consumers, climate

Call issued for more clean energy in Public Service Company of New Mexico's portfolio

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Mar 1, 2017
Rio Rancho Water Transfer Threatens Rio Grande Flows

Challenge requests the State Engineer Deny the Application

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Feb 15, 2017
WildEarth Guardians Details Plan to Restore a Living Rio Grande

Moving reservoir storage upstream could save the river

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Jan 12, 2017
Feds Decline Additional Storage in Elephant Butte Reservoir

San Juan-Chama Storage Remains Upstream For Now

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Nov 22, 2016
Dam Project Threatens Imperiled Rio Grande Fish

Group Calls for Pardon of Last Known Population

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio