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

Press Releases

Apr 23, 2021

Huge clearcutting, roadbuilding plan next to Yellowstone National Park opposed

U.S. Forest Service plan for 4,600 acres of clearcuts and bulldozing 56 miles of roads on public lands just outside Yellowstone National Park threatens grizzly bears and Canada lynx

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #WildlandsForWildlife

Apr 22, 2021

An Earth Day gift for national forests and climate resiliency

Legacy Roads and Trails legislation introduced for clean water, connected habitat, and jobs

Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#EcosystemRestoration, #PressStatement, #Rewilding

Apr 21, 2021

Settlement agreement reached for Windy Gap Firming Project litigation

$15 million leveraged to protect clean water in Grand County, Colorado

Rivers

#CORiver, #ForceForNature, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction

Apr 21, 2021

Feds provide habitat protections for imperiled western yellow-billed cuckoo

Broader designation needed to safeguard species and living rivers

Rivers, Wildlife

#CORiver, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #LivingRio, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #StopExtinction

Apr 19, 2021

Diverse coalition moves to defend Biden administration’s pause on selling public lands for fracking

Motion backs the Biden administration’s legality in pausing federal onshore, offshore leasing

Climate + Energy

#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround

Apr 16, 2021

Interior Department orders give new hope for climate, public lands, and justice

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reinstates moratorium on coal leasing, sets stage for climate accountability

Climate + Energy, Public Lands

#ClimateJustice, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases

Apr 16, 2021

Judge rules against federal sheep station grazing in Idaho’s Centennial Mountains

Government’s analysis failed to account for impacts to grizzly bears, bighorn sheep, and other vulnerable wildlife

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Apr 14, 2021

Over 200 groups to President Biden: Align federal fossil fuel programs with U.S. climate goals

Groups call for U.S. Department of the Interior to phase out fossil fuel production

Climate + Energy

#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround

Apr 14, 2021

Guardians to host Earth Day Eve conversation with Carole King

Iconic singer/songwriter Carole King to join Guardians to discuss the bold Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Public Lands

#PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove

Apr 13, 2021

WildEarth Guardians scores big protections for wildlife in New Mexico

Agreement with USDA’s Wildlife Services curbs killing of cougars, bears, and other native species

Public Lands, Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #WildlandsForWildlife