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

Press Releases

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 12, 2021

Thousands call on Rio Grande Compact Commission to rethink rivers

Guardians submits letter and petition urging action to save a living Rio

Rivers

#LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RethinkRivers, #RioGrande, #StopExtinction

Mar 24, 2021

Rare Rio Grande fish passes first hurdle on path to recovery

Rio Grande shiner receives positive 90-day finding by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service following petition submitted by WildEarth Guardians

Rivers, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #RioGrande, #StopExtinction

Mar 15, 2021

Guardians congratulates Interior Secretary Deb Haaland

WildEarth Guardians celebrates this historic and momentous day when the U.S. Department of Interior finally has an Indigenous woman to lead the way

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#ClimateJustice, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #GreaterChaco, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Mar 9, 2021

Rio Grande flows hold steady, thanks to farmers

March forecast predicts streamflow 54% of average

Rivers

#ForceForNature, #LivingRio, #LivingRivers, #PressStatement, #RethinkRivers, #RioGrande

Feb 17, 2021

Guardians joins 500 groups in support of confirming Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary

Overwhelming support for confirmation of first Native American as U.S. Secretary of the Department of the Interior

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife

#ClimateJustice, #DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #GreaterChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires, #PublicLandsInPublicHands, #Rewilding, #SafeguardTheSagebrushSea, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

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 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

Jan 12, 2021

Groups ask USDA Inspector General to investigate proposed Cove Reservoir in Utah

Coalition seeks an investigation into Kane County Water District proposal for $22 million in taxpayer funding and whether it violates federal law

Rivers

Dec 23, 2020

Suit strives to restore broad protections to nation’s waterways

Trump administration rollback gutted basic federal protections for 90 percent of the rivers, creeks, marshes, arroyos, ciénegas, and streams in the Rio Grande basin

Rivers