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Press Releases
Nov 21, 2006
Groups Successfully Challenge Rubberstamp of Grazing in Wolf Areas

Forest Service permits 'categorical exclusion' of environmental analysis
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife
Nov 21, 2006
Notices of Appeal of Forest Service’s Decision to Rubberstamp Grazing

WildEarth Guardians and the Rewilding Institute filed appeals to the Forest Service's decision to exclude grazing management from environmental review and public participation
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife
Nov 20, 2006
Federal Safety Net Sought for Imperiled Mountain Plover

Groups File Suit to Obtain Endangered Species Act Protection for Declining Bird
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Nov 20, 2006
Feds Refuse Protection for Imperiled Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse

Groups will challenge the negative petition finding
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Nov 19, 2006
WildEarth Guardians’ Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief for the Mountain Plover

The Guardians & Biodiversity Conservation Alliance filed suit in district court against the U.S. F&WS, charging that the government's decision to deny protection under the ESA to the mountain plover is based on interference from Bush political appointees
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#KeepItInTheGround
Nov 14, 2006
San Miguel County Leads Coalition Challenging Fish & Wildlife’s Endangered Species Failure

Wildlife agency fails to list the Gunnison Sage-grouse as 'threatened' or 'endangered'
Contact: San Miguel County

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Nov 14, 2006
State To Revise Species List

New Mexico Endangered Species List Comes Up Short say Guardians
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Oct 30, 2006
Smoking Gun Emails Reveal Decision to Not List Gunnison’s Prairie Dog under the Endangered Species Act Is Entirely Politically-M

Emails obtained by WildEarth Guardians by FOIA request show that the Gunnison's Prairie Dog was on track to be listed under the ESA until Julie McDonald at the DOI explicitly forced the Mountain-Prairie Regional office of the F&WS to reverse the decision
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Oct 30, 2006
Bush Administration Political-Appointee Reverses Endangered Species Protections for Wildlife

Conservation Groups Call for Investigation of Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Center for Native Ecosystems

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Oct 13, 2006
Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary to Ensure Protections for Wolves and Lynx

Conservationists urged Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to take immediate steps to ensure that predator control activities in Colorado and Utah do not threaten wandering wolves and Canada lynx, both of which are species protected under the ESA
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Sinapu

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife