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Press Releases
Dec 1, 2005
Residents Reject Forest Service Plan

The USFS has failed to convince these residents that the assumed benefits outweigh the real damages associated with this project, and has turned to misrepresentation, intimidation and the manipulation of public anxieties about fire and water resources.
Contact: Paul Davis Bud Latven

Public Lands
Nov 30, 2005
Pipeline through Bald Eagle, Mule Deer, and Elk Habitat Challenged – Impacts to Livestock Grazing Also Cited

WildEarth Guardians and Tweeti Blancett filed a challenge yesterday of an eight-mile pipeline approved by the BLM that would impact special areas set aside for Bald Eagles and Mule Deer
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Nov 29, 2005
Gunnison Sage-Grouse May Get Protection – Agreement Requires Feds to Publish Endangered Species Listing Determination

Despite years of collaboration among federal, state and local working groups, the Gunnison sage-grouse continues to teeter at the brink of extinction. Endangered Species Act protection is urgently needed.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Nov 28, 2005
WildEarth Guardians Receives Highest Rating for Sound Fiscal Management – Group is Given 4-Star Rating

Nearly eighty percent of WildEarth Guardians' expenses are allocated to its programs, and their fiscal policies ensure accountability, transparency and quantifiable results.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife
Nov 24, 2005
Objection Filed Over Tajique Plan

A group of residents along with WildEarth Guardians have filed a formal objection to a Cibola national forest plan for forest thinning in the Tajique watershed
Contact: Mountain View Telegraph

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Nov 23, 2005
Judge Stands By Minnow Ruling – The scope of federal discretion over water deliveries for endangered species is of vital importa

The federal government still has the authority to take Middle Rio Grande irrigation water to help the endangered silvery minnow
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Nov 22, 2005
Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Trouble, Conservation Organizations Request ”Pardon”

Coalition Warns Feds of Duty to Issue Finding on Endangered Species Act Petition
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Nov 18, 2005
The Cibola National Forest (CNF) is Acting in Violation of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA)

The government proposal to log and burn nearly 17,000 acres for forest and watershed health while generating wood products, including biomass, was met with an official objection by a least 17 area residents and Forest Service officers.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Nov 18, 2005
Manzano Mountain Residents Object to Government Plan For Forests: Proposal Biased And Economically Unjustified

"The proposed Tajique Watershed Restoration project increases risk of fire, harms our watershed, and will destroy the scenic nature of the canyon for decades to come. Logging trucks will be coming up or down the July Canyon road 48 times a day..
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Nov 16, 2005
Presidential Pardon Requested for Endangered Western Grouse Species

The request comes on the cusp of the traditional pardon of a Thanksgiving turkey by the President
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio