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

Press Releases

Jul 15, 2021

Judge rebukes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers excuses, orders immediate actions to save Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Court demands changes in dam operations and firm timelines to change the extinction trajectory of salmon and steelhead

Rivers, Wildlife

#EcosystemRestoration, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction

Jul 7, 2021

Indigenous-directed film asks Interior Sec Haaland to return federal protections to gray wolves

Over 120 Tribes have signed "The Wolf: A Treaty of Cultural and Environmental Survival" and call on Secretary Haaland to meet with a Tribal delegation regarding the Treaty

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction

Jul 7, 2021

Investigative drilling near Holy Cross Wilderness threatens imperiled species

Guardians and allies send notice of intent to sue to federal agencies

Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#CORiver, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction

Jun 26, 2021

Federal court rejects crucial aspects of revised forest plan for Flathead National Forest

Judge faults federal agencies for leaving protection of threatened grizzly bears and bull trout out of the equation

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #Rewilding, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jun 23, 2021

Campaign launched to overhaul state management of wolves

Strategic, analytical tools made available to wolf advocates and state agencies

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jun 17, 2021

$15,000 reward offered for info on wolf poaching in Stevens County

Shooting death of female wolf marks end of Washington’s Wedge pack

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction

Jun 16, 2021

Conservation groups ask Biden administration to immediately restore wolf protections in northern Rockies

New draconian wolf killing laws in Idaho and Montana prompt renewed push to restore federal safeguards for wolves

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Jun 16, 2021

Groups, scientists protest grizzly bear committee blackout, call for apology and full transparency

Grizzlies are of enormous public interest and action is needed by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee to restore transparency and public trust

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction

Jun 8, 2021

Additions to Bitterroot Grizzly Bear Recovery Area recommended

Report finds grizzly denning areas and year-round habitat between grizzly bear recovery areas in western Montana and northern Idaho

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

May 27, 2021

Feds Propose Endangered Species Act protections for lesser prairie-chicken

Big step forward in WildEarth Guardians' decades-long battle to protect imperiled species

Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

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

Press Releases

WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West.