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

After years of often-confrontational tactics toward New Mexico ranchers and other traditional lifestyles, WildEarth Guardians are trying a creative approach to cutting back the number of cattle tromping through public lands.

Environmentalists say ending grazing -- even if only on some allotments-- would be good for the land, for native wildlife and for riparian areas and watersheds.

Jess Alford shunned big-city life to get close to nature, and his photographs of birds and other wildlife give back to the New Mexico environment

Groups protest federal leasing of Navajo cultural sites, roadless areas, and endangered species habitats

WildEarth Guardians, Prescott National Forest Friends, and two individuals have won an administrative appeal reversing a U.S. Forest Service decision to allow continued cattle grazing in the "Verde Rim" Livestock grazing project.

Protest filed on behalf of WildEarth Guardians, Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Alliance, New Mexico Wildlife Federation, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, and Donna House regarding the proposed oil and gas lease parcels

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Groups file lawsuit in federal district court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking federal protection for Gunnison's prairie dog, a grasslands keystone species

A coalition of environmental groups today challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) refusal to consider designation of critical habitat for the endangered Northern Aplomado Falcon

The historic range of sage grouse included parts of sixteen Western states and three Canadian provinces. Since 1900 sage grouse populations have been reduced as their sagebrush habitat has been destroyed, degraded, and fragmented by human activities.