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Press Releases
Feb 2, 2007
Groundhog day: Western take on an Eastern tradition?

Activists pushing for a regional adaptation starring the prairie dog
Contact: Tom Sharpe The New Mexican

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Jan 29, 2007
New Twist on Groundhog Day Is Celebrated: February 2 Declared Prairie Dog Day throughout the West

For the past four years conservation organizations, led by WildEarth Guardians, have been giving Punxsutawney Phil's western cousins their due by making February 2nd a day to celebrate prairie dogs.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Dec 13, 2006
Groups Contest Denial of Federal Protection to Declining Prairie Dog

Illegal Political Interference Cited in Lawsuit
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Dec 13, 2006
Groups sue over federal rejection of effort to protect prairie dog

Gunnison's prairie dog decision based on 'junk science'
Contact: Santa Fe New Mexican

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Dec 13, 2006
Complaint for Declaratory and Injuctive Relief for the Gunnison’s Prairie Dog

A coalition of scientists, spiritual leaders, and conservation groups filed this Complaint in federal court because of the Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) refusal to conduct a full review over whether to list the Gunnison's prairie dog under the ESA
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Dec 7, 2006
Group Sues Forest Service to Protect Spotted Owl Habitat

Forest managers have allowed cattle to destroy grass that harbors rodents crucial for the survival of Mexican spotted owls
Contact: Leslie Linthicum Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Dec 6, 2006
Livestock Use is Starving Mexican Spotted Owls in the Sacramentos

WildEarth Guardians Files Suit Against Forest Service
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Dec 6, 2006
WildEarth Guardians Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief on the Sacramento Allotment

The Complaint, filed by WildEarth Guardians in federal district court, contends that the Forest Service is failing to comply with the Endangered Species Act by allowing continued livestock grazing in Mexican Spotted Owl habitat on the Sacramento Allotment
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Nov 22, 2006
Permit Renewal Withdrawn

Grazing permits renewed without adequate studies
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores
Nov 22, 2006
Feds order wolf removed from the wild

Impact of cattle grazing in wolf recovery area ignored
Contact: Santa Fe New Mexican

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife