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

Press Releases
Jun 23, 2016
WildEarth Guardians Calls for an End to Mining Publicly Owned Coal

At Hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado, Obama Administration Called on to Keep Coal in the Ground, Advance a Just Transition
Contact: Jeremy Nichols, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jun 21, 2016
Feds Spent Millions of Public Dollars to Kill Over 1.6 Million Native Animals in 2015

Wildlife Services' War on Wildlife Slaughters Imperiled Species and Dogs
Contact: Bethany Cotton, (503) 327-4923, bcotton@wildearthguardians.org

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Jun 20, 2016
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Overfishing Continues As Population Reaches Near Historic Low
Contact: Taylor Jones, (720) 443-2615, tjones@wildearthguardians.org

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Jun 17, 2016
Group Challenges the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station

Rare East-West Wildlife Linkage Placed At Risk for Needless Research
Contact: Greg Dyson, (503) 730-9242, gdyson@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#KeepItInTheGround, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea
Jun 16, 2016
New Mexico Coal Layoffs Underscore Need to Help Workers, Communities Transition

Industry Decline Highlights Need for Obama Administration to Move Communities Toward Clean Energy, Sustainable Economies
Contact: Jeremy Nichols, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jun 15, 2016
Bighorn Sheep in the Greenhorns One Step Closer to Protection

Judge Rules that the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Must Address Threats from Grazing
Contact: Greg Dyson, (503) 730-9242, gdyson@wildearthguardians.org

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Jun 13, 2016
Forest Service Fails to Protect Tonto National Forest From Excessive Off-road Vehicle Use

Agency Documents Show Plan Likely to Result in Death of Endangered Species, Damage to Habitat, Rivers, Streams
Contact: Greg Dyson (503) 730-9242 gdyson@wildearthguardians.org

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Jun 10, 2016
Federal Plan Threatens Future of the Rio Grande

Group Calls for Reclamation to Consider Moving Storage Upstream
Contact: Jen Pelz (303) 884-2702 jpelz@wildearthguardians.org

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Jun 8, 2016
Colorado Coal Production Plummeting in 2016

40-Year Low Projected, Collapse of Industry Underscores Need for State to Transition From Coal
Contact: Jeremy Nichols (303) 437-7663 jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jun 6, 2016
Obama Administration Pulls Plans for Fracking near Chaco Canyon

Oil and Gas Lease Auction Deferred Over Inadequate Tribal Consultation, Failure to Address Impacts of Fracking
Contact: Tim Ream (541) 531-8541 tream@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#GreaterChaco, #KeepItInTheGround