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Press Releases
Feb 7, 2007
Complaint for Endangered Species Act Listing of Black-tailed Prairie Dog

WildEarth Guardians and partner groups filed this lawsuit in Federal Court challenging the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's failure to list the black-tailed prairie dog as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Contact: Jay Tutchton

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Feb 6, 2007
Receiving Prairie Dog Clearance

Golf course, Paiute Tribe now able to clear land
Contact: Meg Cady The Spectrum

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Feb 3, 2007
Forest Service Policy Blasted

Forest Service exempting itself from a major environmental law-- NEPA
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Feb 2, 2007
Groundhog day: Western take on an Eastern tradition?

Activists pushing for a regional adaptation starring the prairie dog
Contact: Tom Sharpe The New Mexican

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Jan 29, 2007
New Twist on Groundhog Day Is Celebrated: February 2 Declared Prairie Dog Day throughout the West

For the past four years conservation organizations, led by WildEarth Guardians, have been giving Punxsutawney Phil's western cousins their due by making February 2nd a day to celebrate prairie dogs.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Jan 25, 2007
Trust turns down $25,000 for Valles Caldera preserve access

Preserve is legislatively mandated to be cow museum
Contact: Albuquerque Tribune

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jan 25, 2007
Valles Caldera: Group offers trust money to get rid of cows

WildEarth Guardians proposes the preserve make money by expanding recreation, eco-tourism, education programs and restoration projects
Contact: Staci Matlock The New Mexican

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jan 24, 2007
Valles Caldera Trust Rejects $25,000 Offer to Put People on the Preserve Instead of Cows

The Valles Caldera accepted a 2007 grazing bid earlier this week that will generate an estimated $6,000 in total revenue
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
Jan 1, 2007
Donor Activists Marita and Peter Prandoni Have a Deep Reverence for Wild Places

The Prandoni family is so grateful for all that the Southwest's landscapes add to their lives that they feel they must give back
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Public Lands
Dec 21, 2006
Let’s Get Our Priorities Straight: An Op-Ed Regarding the Maquinita Timber Sale

Bryan Bird and Joanie Berde respond to a Taos News article about the Maquinita Timber Sale to stress the importance of natural wildfire, maintaining water quality, and providing sustainable income for local residents
Contact: Bryan Bird

Public Lands