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

Press Releases

Oct 26, 2023

WildEarth Guardians supports new bill advancing public participation and transparency in public lands management

Bipartisan Transparency in Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Act would require public input in decisions regarding funding for restoration projects on National Forests

Wildlife

#EcosystemRestoration, #ForceForNature, #Rewilding

Oct 13, 2023

New Mexicans denounce DOE hydrogen investments and push state to invest in renewables

The No False Solutions Coalition was present today at the Governor’s Announcement of the new Climate Investment Center

Climate + Energy

Sep 28, 2023

Federal wildlife killing agency advisory committee to meet in D.C.

Announcement states that “the public will not be allowed to participate in the discussions.”

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife

Sep 25, 2023

Conservation groups file for injunction to halt Montana wolf trapping to protect grizzly bears

Advocates seek stop to Montana’s 2023 wolf trapping season pending a court decision on alleged Endangered Species Act violations

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #PressStatement

Sep 21, 2023

Agency pauses renewal of Canadian mining company’s permit for exploratory mining in southwestern New Mexico over impacts to endangered species

Exploratory mining in southwestern New Mexico continues to threaten sacred sites, endangered species and critical watersheds

Public Lands

#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ForceForNature, #GreaterGila, #PressStatement, #ProtectWhatYouLove, #WildlandsForWildlife

Sep 19, 2023

Wolf advocates demand Montana FWP improve public participation in wolf planning

Conservation groups request citizen advisory council and public meetings

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction

Sep 19, 2023

Public lands trapping ban is reducing wildlife deaths and improving public safety

Data following ‘Roxy’s Law’ implementation shows fewer wildlife and pets caught in traps

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #TrapFreeNM

Sep 17, 2023

New Mexicans demand end to fossil fuels in historic New York climate march

Frontline and Indigenous New Mexican youth, elders and advocates are taking to the streets of New York City to challenge the Biden and Lujan Grisham administrations to finally follow through with their promises of real climate action.

Climate + Energy

#ClimateJustice, #FrackOffChaco, #GreaterChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #PressStatement

Sep 13, 2023

New Mexico Indigenous, environmental and frontline groups head to New York to advocate for end to fossil fuels

New Mexico delegation to join a march of more than 10,000 advocates in New York City

Climate + Energy

#ClimateJustice, #ForceForNature, #FrackOffChaco, #GreaterChaco, #JustTransition, #KeepItInTheGround, #NoNewLeases, #PressStatement

Sep 11, 2023

Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force and WildEarth Guardians sue to stop wolf trapping and snaring in Montana grizzly habitat

Grizzly bears migrating across the Northern Rockies will be particularly vulnerable to being caught in traps.

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #EndangeredSpeciesAct, #PressStatement