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Press Releases
Mar 18, 2004
A Little Known Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Policy Allows Public Land Ranchers to Use Federal Grazing Permits as Collateral…

WildEarth Guardians claims the lienholder policy has made banks a silent player in the subsidized destruction of western public lands, and is calling on the BLM to cancel the policy

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Mar 15, 2004
Lawsuit Alleges National Forest Livestock Grazing Violates ESA

Challenges Grazing Practices Across The Southwest

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Mar 10, 2004
The Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem Protection

The Chihuahuan Desert stretches from west Texas, throughout southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico

Public Lands
Mar 8, 2004
Report Critiques the Bureau of Land Management’s Failure to Protect Environmentally Critical Areas in Four Corners States

Bush Administration Ignores Protection Mandate, Sensitive Habitats Damaged

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround, #WildlandsForWildlife
Mar 1, 2004
The Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation Mandate – Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico

In this report, WildEarth Guardians analyzes the effort of the BLM in four states to protect 'areas of critical environmental concern'.

Public Lands
Feb 10, 2004
In the face of the U.S. Forest Service’s refusal to take basic steps to protect lynx on public lands in New Mexico, several cons

A 1999 assessment by the Forest Service found that Forest Plans in the Southern Rockies may harm lynx and lynx habitat. The Carson and Santa Fe National Forests did not participate in the assessment or in the subsequent conservation agreement.

Public Lands, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #WildlandsForWildlife
Jan 14, 2004
Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Lakes and BMG Wildfire Timber Salvage Sale, Santa Fe Forest

Enjoining all ground-disturbing work (except for removal of downed timber) in Unit 6 of the Sandoval Ridge area of the Santa Fe Forest

Public Lands
Jan 7, 2004
Groups File Lawsuit to Halt Salvage Logging on Santa Fe National Forest

WildEarth Guardians and Santa Fe Forest Watch filed a lawsuit in federal court on January 6th seeking to halt a salvage logging project that would harm sensitive wildlife on the Santa Fe National Forest

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Dec 5, 2003
Bush Administration to Propose Weakening Grazing Rules

The proposed changes would overturn efforts over the past decade to improve rangeland conditions and reduce the impacts of grazing on watersheds, wildlife, and cultural treasures

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Dec 3, 2003
A Letter from Economists to President Bush and the Governors of Eleven Western States Regarding the Economic Importance…

We are economists, and we are writing to express our concern about federal and state actions that harm the West's natural environment and, as a result, the economic outlook for this region's workers, families, firms, and communities.

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife