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

Press Releases
Aug 8, 2016
Guardians Calls on Obama Administration to Reject Massive Public Lands Fracking Plans in Utah

Monument Butte Drilling Development Will Add Nearly 6,000 New Wells, Produce More Climate Pollution than Coal-fired Power Plants
Contact: Jeremy Nichols, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jul 29, 2016
Angelsharks Protected Under the Endangered Species Act

Three Species of Imperiled Sharks Are Endangered by Commercial Fishing
Contact: Taylor Jones, (720) 443-2615, tjones@wildearthguardians.org

Wildlife
#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Jul 28, 2016
Conservationists Challenge Failure to Protect Imperiled Queen Conch

Marine Animal Threatened by Human Consumption, Pollution, Habitat Degradation
Contact: Taylor Jones, (720) 443-2615, tjones@wildearthguardians.org

Wildlife
Jul 28, 2016
To Protect Climate, Public Health, Americans Call for End to Federal Coal Program

Ending Public Coal Leasing, Mining Would Keep 212 Billion Tons of Carbon in Ground, Save $7 Trillion
Contact: Jeremy Nichols, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jul 27, 2016
Climate activists forcibly removed from American Petroleum Institute-sponsored Politico energy event at DNC in Philadelphia

More than a dozen activists were forcibly removed from the event after openly criticizing the fossil fuel industry
Contact: Jeremy Nichols, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jul 26, 2016
Conservation Groups Challenge Plan for Excessive Motorized Travel on Tonto National Forest

Proposed Plan Likely to Result in Death of Endangered Species, Damage to Habitat, Rivers, Streams
Contact: Greg Dyson, (503) 730-9242, gdyson@wildearthguardians.org

Public Lands
#WildlandsForWildlife
Jul 22, 2016
Fighting to Secure Quiet Winter Space for Wolverine, Grizzly and Lynx

Group challenges snowmobile use on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
Contact: Marla Nelson, (651) 434-7737, mnelson@wildearthguardians.org

Wildlife
#DefendCarnivores, #EndTheWarOnWildlife
Jul 20, 2016
Advocates and Indigenous Community Leaders, Organizers, and Elders Rally at BLM Santa Fe

Despite Auction Postponement, Citizens Renew the Call to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Contact: Rebecca Sobel, (267) 402-0724, rsobel@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#GreaterChaco, #KeepItInTheGround
Jul 19, 2016
De-listing Puts Lesser Prairie Chicken on Path to Extinction

Numbers Dangerously Low, Major Threats Remain Unaddressed
Contact: Erik Molvar, (307) 399-7910, emolvar@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround
Jul 18, 2016
Guardians Challenges Coal Mine Expansions in Colorado

Filings with Obama Administration Target Illegal Federal Approvals at Three Mines
Contact: Jeremy Nichols, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

Climate + Energy
#KeepItInTheGround