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

Press Releases
Sep 8, 2021
Climate change threatens recovery of endangered Colorado River fish

WildEarth Guardians and allies oppose stripping endangered status from razorback sucker

Rivers, Wildlife
#CORiver, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction
Sep 3, 2021
Vulnerable streams stuck between climate change and Trump’s Dirty Water Rule

New study highlights the urgency in protecting intermittent streams

Sep 2, 2021
Good news for Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Judge issues injunction requiring immediate actions at U.S. Army Corps dams to save Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead

Rivers, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction
Sep 1, 2021
WildEarth Guardians to file suit to protect clean air from fracking in Permian Basin

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dragging its feet on confronting dangerously unhealthy smog problem in southeast New Mexico

Climate + Energy
#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround
Sep 1, 2021
Bureau of Land Management grazing decision endangers Colorado bighorn sheep herds

Imperiled Gunnison sage-grouse also at risk

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife
Aug 31, 2021
President Biden breaks promise, announces plans to sell more public lands for fracking

The United States can't frack our way to a safe climate and can't afford to keep auctioning off public lands to the oil and gas industry

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement
Aug 26, 2021
Six Texas mussels slated to receive Endangered Species Act protections

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposed rule to list the species follows petitions and legal action by WildEarth Guardians over the past 14 years

Rivers, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction
Aug 24, 2021
Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission votes to exterminate wolves

The changes to the upcoming wolf hunting and trapping season harken back to an era when people sought to exterminate wolves altogether

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction
Jul 19, 2021
Grazing permits on Colville National Forest threaten imperiled bull trout

Groups send Forest Service 60-day notice of intent to sue for failing to consider livestock impacts on threatened bull trout and their critical habitat

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction
Jul 15, 2021
Groups call on New Mexico governor to pause oil and gas pollution permits to protect clean air

As state confronts smog, coalition calls for interim relief for public health and communities

Climate + Energy
#ClimateJustice, #FrackOffChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround