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

The break-neck pace of drilling public lands for oil and gas has led the BLM in NM to brush aside wildlife closures and timing limitations approx. one thousand times since 2000, all to ensure the rigs keep working. The result is no rest for the weary.

Groups slam agency's land-use waivers for oil and gas drilling

Biggest threats for the furry rodent are grazing and the loss of habitat

The wild wolf population peaked at just 59 individuals, and 64 lobos have been killed or banished to captivity for livestock conflicts

New Mexican's Nov. 3 editorial fails to recognize the serious threats facing Gunnison's prairie dogs

"We fear this is recipe for extinction dressed up as a conservation plan," noted Lauren McCain

Conservationists Challenge Prairie Dog Removal Plan

On a remote parcel north of Alamogordo, an irate ranch owner tracked us down in his pickup. Noticing the pair of rifles on his gun rack, I was not feeling my usual irreverent self...

WildEarth Guardians and dozens of conservation and animal protection organizations urge the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Gunnison's prairie dog, found in the southwest, under the Endangered Species Act
Contact: WildEarth Guardians

The groups' 25-page letter includes over thirty attached scientific reports which document continued declines of Gunnison's prairie dogs across their southwestern range