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

"The US government is the only property owner I know which in effect pays private parties to deplete its resources."
Contact: Naomi Zeff Congressman Leach

Forest Service records show that among other violations, Abelardo Martinez failed to pay his grazing fees, failed to maintain fences, and failed to fix a broken section of fence that allowed his cattle to trespass onto a neighboring Hickey allotment.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Dr. Peter Stacey of the University of New Mexico had sought permission from both agencies to conduct the research in order to understand how important the Rio Grande at the headwaters of Elephant Butte reservoir is to the Southwest willow flycatcher.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The new leasing schedule, and the potential for further study of the aquifer, mean Otero Mesa might yet receive adequate protection..
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The USDA is planning to spend at least $1 million in Colorado in the coming year to "manage" over 3,000 coyotes, black bears, mountain lions, bobcats, and foxes and other native carnivores for the benefit of the livestock industry.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The New Mexico Bureau of Land Management's drilling plan for Otero Mesa inadequately addresses potential environmental impacts and pending litigation, ignores public input, and directly contradicts BLM's commitment to best practices
Contact: New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

The Strategic Plan should consider the restoration of native riparian species as just as much of a priority as the eradication of the non-native species. Simply treating the non-native species will lead to an ecologically dead zone.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

This bill provides compensation to livestock operators who voluntarily relinquish a grazing permit or lease on Federal lands where conflicts with other multiple uses render livestock grazing impractical, and for other purposes.
Contact: US Government

A comprehensive WildEarth Guardians' review of fuel treatment programs and fire management plans in the Southwestern Region of the U.S.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Where wildland fire use has been authorized and there is no threat to life or property, the Forest Service must allow fire to do its job. We can't ignore the most environmentally beneficial and cost-efficient way of restoring the health of our forests.
Contact: WildEarth Guardians