Current work in wildlife, rivers, public lands, and climate
Press Releases
Nearly half of the respondents working under Dale Hall reported being "directed, for non-scientific reasons to refrain from making" findings protective of wildlife.
Contact: Noah Greenwald Center for Biological Diversity
Carson National Forest officials failed to do several key wildlife evaluations in reviewing a pair of grazing allotments in the Questa Ranger District, so forest supervisor Martin Chavez is requiring the reviews be redone..
Contact: Adam Rankin The Albuquerque Journal
WildEarth Guardians won two administrative appeals affecting Deer Creek and Columbine allotments, due to the agencies failure to consider the effects of grazing on wildlife listing under the Endangered Species Act.
Despite the cancelled permit, the Martinez cattle are still grazing on National Forest land, continuing to damage the land, feeding for free.
This analysis is based on the final rule and Federal Register notice supplementary text posted on the Forest Service website this afternoon. The rule will go into effect as soon as it is published in the Federal Register.
WildEarth Guardians continues efforts to improve river conditions by planting willows and cottonwoods along eroded stream banks
To assess the current status of the species in New Mexico, we conducted formal surveys and informal searches in suitable habitat in the southwestern and south-central portions of the state between 2000 and 2004.
WildEarth Guardians and the New Mexico Wildlife Federation sued the Bush administration, asking the federal court to protect each citizen's right to appeal Forest Service management decisions.
This is part of a larger strategy by the Bush administration to systematically stymie public participation
Timber sale will result in logging rare mature ponderosa pine trees, impacting sensitive species' habitat and watershed of the Rio Vallecitos