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Press Releases
Jun 12, 2003
Court Rules that the U.S. Government Must Conserve the Dying Rio Grande Ecosystem

A ruling from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that the U.S. government must consider all available sources of water when considering how to conserve the dying Rio Grande ecosystem and protect endangered fish and wildlife

Rivers, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ReviveTheRio
May 6, 2003
Drilling Proposal Near Bitter Lakes Refuge Protested

New oil and gas wells near Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge could harm sensitive wildlife

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround
May 1, 2003
Oil and Gas Development Threatens Bitter Lakes-WildEarth Guardians Appeal to Save Endangered Species and Unique Aquatic Habitat

We have an ecological oasis to protect here. The refuge maintains the last remaining habitat for several incredibly rare species.

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround
Apr 30, 2003
WildEarth Guardians Files Appeal to Challenge the Bitter Lakes Habitat Protection Zone Environmental Assessment

The BLM sanctioned oil and gas lease development is based in generalized science, without proven and testable means to preserve hydrological resources in the Pecos Basin

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround
Apr 18, 2003
Judge Rules Forest Service Violated Endangered Species Protections by Authorizing Grazing in Lincoln National Forest

For the third time in the last five months, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Forest Service is violating federal environmental laws when permitting livestock grazing on the Southwestern national forests

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Mar 20, 2003
Conservation Groups Act to Save Douglas County Pocket Gopher

Sprawl on Colorado's Front Range is Destroying Last Habitat Fragments

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Mar 1, 2003
A Citizen’s Call for Ecological Forest Restoration:

Forest Restoration Principles and Criteria

Wildlife
#EcosystemRestoration
Feb 10, 2003
WildEarth Guardians Pushes for Habitat Protection for Endangered Northern Aplomado Falcon

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service holds last of hearings in Socorro, New Mexico

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Feb 1, 2003
Groundhog Day 2003: Utah Prairie Dog Faces Extinction, Other Prairie Dogs At Risk

Coalition seeks protection for Utah, White-tailed, and Black-tailed prairie dogs

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Feb 1, 2003
Background Information for Groundhog Day 2003: Prairie Dogs At Risk

Prairie Dog Actions, Prairie Dogs are Keystone Species, and Status of Utah, White-tailed, and Black-tailed prairie dogs

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires