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

Oil & gas leasing decisions by the BLM would further threaten the endangered aplomado falcon and other struggling wildlife, so two conservation groups are seeking protection of wildlife habitat on 87,000 acres in eastern NM, western OK, and SW Kansas

We are economists, and we are writing to express our concern about federal and state actions that harm the West's natural environment and, as a result, the economic outlook for this region's workers, families, firms, and communities.

In light of their declines and possible extirpation in the region, Colorado Division of Wildlife initiated a recovery effort in 1999 that has, so far, enjoyed significant success.

Coalition of conservation and animal protection groups notified the U.S. Forest Service today of their intent to sue the agency over its failure to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect lynx in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests

Conservation organizations WildEarth Guardians and Western Resource Advocates filed a protest with the BLM over oil and gas development on lands that are vital habitat fo grassland species: aplomado falcon, black-footed ferret, and Pecos gambusia

More than three and a half years after its

A coalition of conservation organizations sent notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that they intend to go to court over last month's illegal withdrawal of the proposal to list the Mountain Plover under the Endangered Species Act

Conservation and animal protection groups today are asking a federal court to intervene in the refusal by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Wildlife Services to take basic precautions to protect newly released lynx inhabiting Colorado and New Mexico

Conservationists today called upon New Mexico Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman and Governor Richardson to allow negotiations to continue without the time pressure of an appropriations rider

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that it will withdraw a proposed rule that would have protected the Mountain Plover under the Endangered Species Act, despite continued dramatic declines of this critically imperiled grassland bird