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

Press Releases
Feb 11, 2021
Drilling near Holy Cross Wilderness conflicts with Biden’s new policies

Conservation groups seek to halt Whitney Creek Geotechnical Investigation

Public Lands, Rivers
#CORiver, #ForceForNature, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers
Feb 11, 2021
Federal judge overturns Trump administration’s gutting of greater sage grouse protections

Court holds unlawful Trump assault on ten million acres of prime sage grouse habitat

Public Lands, Wildlife
#ForceForNature, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction
Feb 9, 2021
“Protect Our Water” fracking waste bill passes New Mexico Senate Conservation Committee

Supporters cheer step forward to protect public health, environment, and freshwater from toxic fracking waste

Climate + Energy
#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround
Feb 4, 2021
Federal court rejects Montana coal mine expansion on climate, clean air grounds

Ruling underscores need for Biden administration to reform federal coal management

Climate + Energy
#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement
Feb 3, 2021
Troubling 2021 outlook for the Rio Grande Basin

Hard choices required to prevent ecosystem collapse and species extinction

Rivers
#LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers, #ReviveTheRio, #RioGrande
Feb 3, 2021
Guardians seeks endangered species listing protection for 80 remaining Texas ocelots

Fragmented, small populations need more habitat connectivity and a tear down of the border wall for survival

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife
Feb 2, 2021
Video shows excruciating experience of rescuing a coyote caught in a trap  

Video comes at the same time the New Mexico legislature is considering Roxy’s Law, a bill that would ban cruel traps across the state’s public lands

#TrapFreeNM
Feb 2, 2021
“Roxy’s Law” passes New Mexico Senate Conservation Committee

"Roxy's Law" would outlaw traps, snares, and wildlife poisons on public lands in New Mexico

Wildlife
#TrapFreeNM
Feb 2, 2021
“Pause Fracking for Protections” bill introduced to safeguard New Mexicans from oil and gas impacts

Bill would pause the state’s approval of new fracking permits for four years and complements recent federal actions to move beyond dirty fossil fuels

Climate + Energy
#JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround
Jan 27, 2021
WildEarth Guardians celebrates monumental climate action by President Biden

More work lies ahead, but today’s climate orders mark big steps toward a just transition, protecting public lands, and keeping dirty fossil fuels in the ground

Climate + Energy, Public Lands
#FrackOffChaco, #GreaterChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #WildlandsForWildlife