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

Congress is now considering a bill that would destroy the Endangered Species Act. The power of this law to provide more public oversight on ill-considered water projects, oil and gas drilling, grazing, logging, has generated many opponents.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Two former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees claimed on Monday (9/19/05) that the agency willfully violated the Endangered Species Act by letting the Rio Grande run dry at inappropriate times
Contact: Tim Korte Associated Press

FWS directors in the Southwest Region used fear of retribution to intimidate biologists and appease politically powerful water interests
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Analysis of Over 300 Relevant Studies Shows Industrial Logging is Not the Solution to Forest Insect Outbreaks
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Contrary to the stated conclusion that the project will help reduce spruce beetles, careful scrutiny of the proposed prescriptions suggests that the project may actually increase spruce beetle populations.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The federal agency has acknowledged that designating a nonessential experimental population will change the bird's status in the two states from endangered to threatened.
Contact: Associated Press

The real focus of these Forest Service projects should be fireproofing people's homes and residential area, not fireproofing the forest because we can't fireproof the forest.
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

A coalition of groups released a letter to Congress charging that Dale Hall, currently the USFWS Southwest regional director, gave illegal orders, rewrote scientific conclusions, and forbid biologists from considering genetic information.
Contact: Jeff Ruch

The trust board is putting the cow before the fish, elk, birds and streams. None of the streams flowing through the Valles Caldera National Preserve meet state water quality standards and should be better protected from grazing.
Contact: Albuquerque Journal

The USFS is negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of Arizona to arrange for a brand inspector to be present when the cattle are removed from the allotments and impounded. A brand inspector will verify ownership.
Contact: Walter Mares Copper Era - Eastern Arizona Courier