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Press Releases
Oct 30, 2006
Roadless Forest Streams Nominated for Permanent Protection

New Mexico Asked to Designate Pristine Waters Under Clean Water Act
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Oct 30, 2006
Smoking Gun Emails Reveal Decision to Not List Gunnison’s Prairie Dog under the Endangered Species Act Is Entirely Politically-M

Emails obtained by WildEarth Guardians by FOIA request show that the Gunnison's Prairie Dog was on track to be listed under the ESA until Julie McDonald at the DOI explicitly forced the Mountain-Prairie Regional office of the F&WS to reverse the decision
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Oct 30, 2006
Bush Administration Political-Appointee Reverses Endangered Species Protections for Wildlife

Conservation Groups Call for Investigation of Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Center for Native Ecosystems

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Oct 30, 2006
Groups Urge Protection for N.M. Roadless Forest Streams

State petitioned to designate streams inside roadless areas above Pecos and Las Vegas as Outstanding National Resource Waters
Contact: Santa Fe New Mexican

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Oct 28, 2006
Groups Target Water Pollution

Headwaters of the upper Pecos River petitioned for protection
Contact: John Arnold Albuquerque Journal

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Oct 25, 2006
First Petition to Nominate Roadless Forest Streams As Outstanding National Resource Waters Submitted

WildEarth Guardians and partners filed a formal petition asking the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to protect some of the state's cleanest waters that flow from its roadless national forests
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Oct 16, 2006
Coconino National Forest Land Management Plan (11/06 Meeting Schedule)

The following are dates and times for upcoming meetings in November 06 regarding the revision of the Coconino National Forest Land Management plan.
Contact: US Forest

Public Lands
Oct 13, 2006
Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary to Ensure Protections for Wolves and Lynx

Conservationists urged Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to take immediate steps to ensure that predator control activities in Colorado and Utah do not threaten wandering wolves and Canada lynx, both of which are species protected under the ESA
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Sinapu

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife
Oct 13, 2006
Traps, Poisons and Guns Put Wolves and Lynx at Risk

Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary to Ensure Protections
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Sinapu

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife
Oct 12, 2006
Governor wants $100 million for water projects

WildEarth Guardians received funding through the state to plant hundreds of cottonwoods and willows on the stretch of land along the Santa Fe river over the last several years
Contact: Staci Matlock Santa Fe New Mexican

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround