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Press Releases

Feb 3, 2023

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider removing Endangered Species Act protections for Montana and Wyoming grizzlies

Agency makes preliminary findings on petitions to delist Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide Grizzly Bears while rejecting Idaho’s attempt at wholesale delisting

Wildlife

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Jan 23, 2023

Lesser prairie chicken listing delayed

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service caves to political pressure, leaves grassland grouse waiting on Endangered Species Act protections

Wildlife

#PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 23, 2023

Conservation groups dismayed by agency removal of wandering wolf Asha

Wolf’s historic journey ended in capture

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 19, 2023

Conservation groups urge federal and state agencies to allow Mexican gray wolf “Asha” to continue her travels in northern New Mexico

Letter calls on agencies to help welcome Asha back into her ancestral territories and provide safe harbor for this remarkable wolf

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 18, 2023

Federal wildlife-killing program challenged in Montana

Groups allege Montana-Wildlife Services’ killing of grizzly bears and other predators violates multiple laws

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 13, 2023

Montana Gov. Gianforte orders Wolf Plan overhaul

Conservation groups’ lawsuit sparks updating of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ 2002 Wolf Plan

Wildlife

#EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Jan 11, 2023

Conservationists celebrate northward-roaming Mexican gray wolf

Young female Mexican Gray Wolf is breaking geographic records

Wildlife

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

Dec 14, 2022

More than 100 organizations call on Congress to keep toxic wildlife legislation out of year-end spending bill

Congress urged to block any attempt to include S.2561, known as the Cottonwood bill

Public Lands, Wildlife

#EndangeredSpeciesAct

Dec 9, 2022

Wolf advocates find flaws yet promise in Colorado Parks and Wildlife draft plan

Concerns remain that plan would only protect a token population of wolves

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife, #PressStatement, #StopExtinction, #WildlandsForWildlife

Dec 8, 2022

Conservation groups seek to protect Mexican gray wolves by listing coyotes as endangered in parts of Arizona and New Mexico

WildEarth Guardians joins in formal “similarity of appearance” Endangered Species Act petition

Wildlife

#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife