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

Public lands ranchers in the west have used their federal grazing permits as collateral for more than $1 billion in loans
Contact: Albuquerque Tribune

Bank loans to public lands ranchers using their federal grazing permit as collateral force high numbers of cattle despite drought, threatended endangered species, or impaired riparian areas
Contact: Andy Lenderman The New Mexican

Financial institutions have issued approximately 1,700 loans totaling more than $1.1 billion to western public lands ranchers who use Bureau of Land Management grazing permits as collateral for their debts
Contact: WildEarth Guardians Sagebrush Sea Campaign

'This was the responsible action to take since a proper analysis was not done..''
Contact: Staci Matlock The New Mexican

The state of New Mexico has determined that prohibiting new road construction and most forms of commercial timber harvest is in the best interest of current and future generations of New Mexico citizens
Contact: State of New Mexico

Forest thinning has been a flashpoint for controversy in New Mexico and other Western states for years, with environmental groups sometimes challenging the Forest Service. Now, both sides have agreed on a set of forest restoration guidelines
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

These principles should be used as guidelines for forest restoration projects in the southwestern United States. Projects using these principles should be driven primarily by ecological objectives while promoting economic and social benefits
Contact: Forest Restoration Principles Taskforce

We believe if biomass is going to be a by-product of community fire protection or forest restoration projects, these principles will begin to assure protection
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

This document, prepared by the PNM Biomass Evaluation Task Force in 2005-06, summarizes the group's knowledge of the grasslands and woodlands of New Mexico, ecological context, management needs, and considerations for restoration
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

A set of policies, forged by a group of land management agencies and conservation organizations, that mitigate potential controversy and legal challenges that can plague very large forest restoration projects
Contact: WildEarth Guardians