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

In the southern Great Plains, there is a unique ecosystem featuring shin-oak, a low-growing native shrub that provides food and habitat to a wide variety of native wildlife

Stretching across portions of ten states in the Great Plains, the shortgrass prairie was once home to incredibly abundant wildlife, including one hundred million acres of prairie dogs, thundering herds of bison...

The Chihuahuan Desert stretches from west Texas, throughout southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico

Bush Administration Ignores Protection Mandate, Sensitive Habitats Damaged

In this report, WildEarth Guardians analyzes the effort of the BLM in four states to protect 'areas of critical environmental concern'.

A press conference will be held announcing the petition filing

WildEarth Guardians questions the federal commitment to candidate conservation

BLM plan would allow the drilling of two new natural gas wells within an area designated to protect the threatened Bald Eagle: The Bald Eagle Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)

A 1999 assessment by the Forest Service found that Forest Plans in the Southern Rockies may harm lynx and lynx habitat. The Carson and Santa Fe National Forests did not participate in the assessment or in the subsequent conservation agreement.

While National Forests in both Colorado and Wyoming have consulted with the Fish and Wildlife Service in assessing the impact of their land management operations on lynx in the Southern Rockies, New Mexico's National Forests have refused to do the same.