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Press Releases
May 11, 2006
First Endangered Species Day – Endangered Plants and Wildlife are a Vital Part of State Heritage

Presence of Aplomado Falcons, and other endangered species are a cause for celebration
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Apr 14, 2006
Feds dismiss threat to Gunnison sage grouse

Fish and Wildlife Service review says bird's population in Utah and Colorado has been stable for a decade - Advocates say bird has declined dramatically in the last 50 years, and few are left
Contact: Joe Baird Salt Lake Tribune

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#KeepItInTheGround, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea
Apr 3, 2006
Forest Service Comanche-Cimarron Plan Threatens all U.S. Forests & Grasslands

Remote Colorado and Kansas Grasslands are Test-Case for Dangerous New Policy
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Mar 28, 2006
Featured Guardian: Martha’s Commitment to WildEarth Guardians

Martha feels that her actions are aligned with her beliefs and that she is doing her part to combat the anti-environmental policies of the Bush administration
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife
Mar 28, 2006
Environmentalists Challenge Federal Agency Over Aplomado Falcon Habitat

The coalition asked a federal judge to declare that Fish and Wildlife violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to make a determination on critical habitat and to order the agency to make a decision
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Mar 26, 2006
Endangered Species Act Faces Big Changes

Changes to Species Act gain steam as the Senate considers the bill already passed by the House that would gut the ESA
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Mar 24, 2006
Environmental Group Files Suit Over Endangered Pecos Bluntnose Shiner

The lawsuit claims that the segments of the Pecos River controlled by the two federal agencies contain the only remaining populations of the Pecos bluntnose shiner - The agencies' actions have adversely modified and destroyed designated critical habitat
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Mar 23, 2006
Pecos River Needs Rights to Its Own Water, Lawsuit Provides an ”Invitation to Solutions”

Lawsuit alleges that the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have each violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to utilize their full discretion to provide adequate flows for the endangered Pecos bluntnose shiner
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Mar 20, 2006
Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Trouble: Conservation Organizations Push for Endangered Species Act Protection

Conservation groups from across the Western United States filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency's failure to determine whether the Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Advocates for the West

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Feb 9, 2006
Prairie Dog Won’t Be ‘Endangered’

'The finding is baseless,'' said Nicole Rosmarino, conservation director for WildEarth Guardians. ''It's more junk science from the Bush administration.''
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires