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

Press Releases
Mar 22, 2006
Group seeks federal protection for grouse

Coalition files suit against the FWS in federal district court in Idaho for failing to determine if the population of Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is dying out
Contact: Caleb Warnock Provo Daily Herald

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Mar 8, 2006
Making the Rules – exclude grazing permits & oil and gas exploration from NEPA review

Enviros decry BLM proposal to categorically exclude grazing permits & oil and gas exploration from NEPA review - Otero Mesa could be impacted by proposed BLM changes
Contact: Nathan Dinsdale Santa Fe Reporter

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Mar 5, 2006
Weed Control Policy: Do No Harm – Forest Service wants ban overturned

In the 80's, the Forest Service agreed to ban all "chemical treatments" in municipal watersheds - Today the Forest Service wants the ban overturned so weed killers can be used
Contact: Sam Hitt Wild Watersheds

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Feb 28, 2006
Controversial Pipeline Temporarily Stopped – Government Grants Stay of Pipeline Challenged by WildEarth Guardians and Ranchers

The BLM allowed the pipeline company to proceed with pipeline construction before the public was ever notified of the project. Based on their discovery of premature construction, WildEarth Guardians and Blancett made a special plea for an injunction
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jan 31, 2006
John Horning speaks at the 4th Annual Telluride Mountain Film Festival in Santa Fe

Be Active & Take Action! - Now Is Not A Time To Be Silent When So Much Of What We Care About Is At Stake
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy, Public Lands, Rivers, Wildlife
Jan 25, 2006
Otero Mesa Battle Begins; BLM Accused Of Altering Rules

The state of NM and environmental groups are suing the BLM over its plan to guide oil and gas development in sensitive Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem
Contact: Tania Soussan Albuquerque Journal

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jan 24, 2006
Commentary: Money Talks Big In The West

In N.M. and its neighbor states, leases are given to oil and gas companies so rapidly, even drilling can't keep up. And yet, these companies want more and we are no closer to energy independence
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Dec 14, 2005
Public Land Sales for Mining Dropped

House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo said he would work with Gibbons to modernize mining law next year
Contact: Mary Clare Jalonick Albuquerque Journal

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Dec 5, 2005
Environmentalists, rancher challenge northwestern New Mexico pipeline

The administrative challenge by Tweeti Blancett and Santa Fe-based WildEarth Guardians also raised concerns about the pipeline's impact on livestock grazing
Contact: Santa Fe New Mexican

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Dec 4, 2005
Unique Team Fights Pipeline

Environmental group WildEarth Guardians and rancher Tweeti Blancett have challenged the federal government's approval of an eight-mile natural gas pipeline in San Juan County

Climate + Energy, Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #KeepItInTheGround