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

Press Releases
Oct 17, 2022
Aquatic critical habitat proposed for threatened Nassau grouper

Coral reefs near Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands would be safeguarded

Wildlife
#PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Oct 11, 2022
Guardians to Forest Service: Stop allowing killing of tens of thousands of native carnivores

Petition urges U.S. Forest Service to fulfill its legal obligation to mandate carnivore coexistence measures in its grazing program, saving wolves, bears, and other carnivores from slaughter

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife
Oct 5, 2022
Mexican wolf recovery plan revision draws mixed reviews from wildlife advocates

Plan limits wolf population to an average of 320 wolves, whereas top wolf scientists have recommended at least 750 wolves in the wild

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Oct 4, 2022
Federal judge rules massive Montana coal mine expansion illegal

Court ruled that the federal Office of Surface Mining failed to consider the impacts on water resources, the Yellowstone River, and the climate

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Oct 4, 2022
Guardians, allies win major appeal in challenge to expansion of Colorado’s Gross Dam

If completed, the expansion would make the Gross Dam the tallest in Colorado, further draining the Colorado River at the expense of downstream users and ecosystems

Rivers
#LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers
Oct 3, 2022
Wildlife advocates challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over rule that fails endangered Mexican gray wolves

Agency knows exactly what it needs to do to further lobo recovery, but unfortunately USFWS won’t do it without being sued over and over again

Wildlife
#PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Sep 29, 2022
Indigenous and conservation groups to federal court: Protect Greater Chaco region from illegal fracking

10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver hears arguments in lawsuit challenging Trump-era drilling permits in Greater Chaco Landscape

Climate + Energy
#FrackOffChaco, #GreaterChaco, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Sep 27, 2022
Massive public lands oil and gas drilling plans in Utah set aside for climate

Biden administration upholds WildEarth Guardians challenge to nearly 6,000 oil and gas wells in Uinta Basin of northeast Utah

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Sep 19, 2022
Canadian mining company stakes new claims on the edge of America’s first wilderness

Expansion threatens Mexican spotted owl, Gila trout, and multiple critical watersheds

Public Lands
#GreaterGila, #PressStatement
Sep 16, 2022
Legal agreement results in EPA taking action on deadly smog pollution in Denver, other cities

Affected areas in Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey, and New York are home to nearly 40 million people

Climate + Energy
#COCleanAir