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

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

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 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

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

Under an August 26th deadline, WildEarth Guardians filed the first ever "objection" in the state under President Bush's Healthy Forests Act.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Objector contends that with this project, Forest Supervisor Jose M. Martinez and the Lincoln National Forest (LNF) violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)..
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Endangered aplomado falcons were seen earlier this month on an area of Otero Mesa slated for oil and gas drilling..
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Observational details of Otero Mesa aplomado falcon sighting of August 11, 2005
Contact: WildEarth Guardians