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Press Releases
Feb 24, 2005
Editorial: Water conservationists should be commended

Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and a coalition of six environmental groups on Wednesday announced an agreement they say will ensure the survival of the river, whose waters are the source of much competition and conflict.

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Feb 23, 2005
Conservation Groups, Albuquerque, Reach Agreement on Rio Grande Water – Settlement Will Help City and River Thrive

A coalition of conservation organizations today announced an agreement with the City of Albuquerque that creates new mechanisms to acquire, store and release water to benefit the health of the Rio Grande

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Feb 23, 2005
Settlement Agreement Between Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys Plaintiffs, the City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo…

The purposes of this Agreement are to take steps towards protecting and restoring the ecological integrity of the Rio Grande

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Feb 23, 2005
Settlement to protect and restore Rio Grande Ecosystem

The purposes of this Agreement are to take steps towards protecting and restoring the ecological integrity of the Rio Grande

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Feb 13, 2005
Water accord signed – Groups reach compromise with city

The biggest legal challenge to the city of Albuquerque's San Juan-Chama water project is over

Rivers
#ReviveTheRio
Feb 9, 2005
Aplomado Falcon Reintroduction Proposal Would Remove Federal Protections: Groups Challenge Designation of Falcons as “Nones

WildEarth Guardians and other conservation groups are urging the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) not to remove Endangered Species Act protections from aplomado falcons in Arizona and New Mexico

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Feb 9, 2005
Proposed Rule to Reintroduce Northern Aplomado Falcons into NM Under a Non-Essential, Experimental Designation

The proposed rule provides for the reintroduction of up to 150 northern aplomado falcons annually for ten or more years into New Mexico.

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Feb 3, 2005
Petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Reclassify The Utah Prairie Dog as an Endangered Species Under the Endangered

The historic range of Utah Prairie Dogs has been greatly reduced, due to the intersection of eradication programs, habitat destruction, and disease.

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
Feb 2, 2005
Western Grouse Project

Their historic range lands are dwindling and these once abundant birds are disappearing from the Southwest.

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Jan 27, 2005
Wildlife at Risk from New “NO-GENETICS” Policy in the Southwest U.S.

Likely consequences in the Southwest include weakened recovery planning and decreased protections for mammals, birds, fishes, and other wildlife on the brink of extinction.

Wildlife
#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires