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Bears Ears National Monument

Rally for Greater Chaco in Santa Fe

Wildlife threatened by oil and gas development

Fracking on Utah public lands

Press Releases

Jun 4, 2021

Suit filed to prevent destructive highway through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Red Cliffs was designated by Congress in 2009 to protect sensitive and threatened species, including Mojave Desert tortoise

Jun 3, 2021

Gila Wilderness turns 97: Still the wildest, even after all these years

Guardians announces upcoming publication of a collection of writing from Torrey House Press titled "First and Wildest: The Gila Wilderness at 100"

May 27, 2021

Feds Propose Endangered Species Act protections for lesser prairie-chicken

Big step forward in WildEarth Guardians' decades-long battle to protect imperiled species

May 20, 2021

Conservation organizations call for urgent action to protect grizzly bears

Executive and legislative action needed to bolster grizzly bear recovery, even as western lawmakers and officials seek to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the threatened bruins

May 18, 2021

Greater Chaco Coalition concerns over 10-mile mineral withdrawal

Groups call for greater protections for Greater Chaco Landscape

Jun 4, 2021

Suit filed to prevent destructive highway through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Red Cliffs was designated by Congress in 2009 to protect sensitive and threatened species, including Mojave Desert tortoise

Jun 3, 2021

Gila Wilderness turns 97: Still the wildest, even after all these years

Guardians announces upcoming publication of a collection of writing from Torrey House Press titled "First and Wildest: The Gila Wilderness at 100"

May 27, 2021

Feds Propose Endangered Species Act protections for lesser prairie-chicken

Big step forward in WildEarth Guardians' decades-long battle to protect imperiled species

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The San Carlos Apache and their allies have been fighting tirelessly for decades to save their sacred site of Chi’chil Bildagoteel—also known as Oak Flat—within the Tonto National Forest in Arizona from a giant copper mine. Please speak today! https://t.co/NPHq4bX5aM

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Media Inquiries

WildEarth Guardians engages the media to inform, inspire, and activate. We often find ourselves in the middle of one controversy or another, and for that reason WildEarth Guardians is in the news somewhere nearly every day. You can count on WildEarth Guardians' bold and innovative campaigns to create real results.

Climate & Energy Issues
Jeremy Nichols, Climate and Energy Program Director
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Tessa Archibald

WIldlife Program Intern

Tessa Archibald is a passionate animal lover with a desire to preserve our natural world and increase respect for all species. She obtained a BS in Biopsychology from Tufts University and is currently working towards a Masters in Animals and Public Policy at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. She hopes that an understanding of complex human animal interactions and policy will promote more empathetic management of wildlife across all lands!

Joe Bushyhead

Endangered Species Policy Advocate

Joe Bushyhead joined Guardians in May 2021 as our Endangered Species Policy Advocate. Based in Denver, he works to protect imperiled Western species as well as the integrity of the Endangered Species Act itself.

Prior to Guardians, Joe spent seven years as a staff attorney for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and clerked for the Honorable Tena Campbell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law. Before law school, he worked for the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resource Management on, among other projects, a study of Chinook salmon in Idaho’s South Fork of the Salmon River watershed.

Hailey Zimber

Research Intern

My name is Hailey Zimber and I am a rising senior majoring in Politics at Whitman College. I am thrilled to be joining WildEarth Guardians as a research and community organizing intern for the Greater Gila Campaign. As a born and raised New Mexican, the Greater Gila is one of the silos of wilderness that have shaped who I know myself to be. Protecting the Gila means protecting myself, my state, and my community, and for this reason, this position is especially meaningful to me.

Dustin Martin

Member, Board of Directors

Dustin grew up hiking, camping, riding, skiing and running the vast outdoor sanctuaries surrounding Gallup, NM. Distance running led him to New York City, where he earned an undergraduate degree in anthropology from Columbia University. In 2011, Dustin returned to the southwest to serve as program director for Wings of America- a not for profit that empowers Tribal youth and their families by introducing them to the cultural, spiritual and competitive legacy of Native runners. Under his leadership, the organization has continued to provide elite-level opportunities for talented Native runners while making a concerted effort to create new programs for fledgling harriers of all abilities. Moving forward, Dustin hopes to continue promoting the positive achievements of Native runners while helping foster and test new models for acquainting Native youth with their ancestral homelands.

Tricia Snyder

Rio Grande Campaigner

Tricia, as a child of military parents, spent much of her childhood moving frequently in the U.S. and abroad, but calls El Paso, TX home. Growing up on the banks of the (often dry) Rio Grande and the water scarcity of the Southwest sparked a life-long interest in finding solutions for water conflicts in the arid and semi-arid American West. Tricia received a B.S. in Geography with a focus on human-environment connection from New Mexico State University. Her research while there centered on water management across borders. She spent 5 years working with the Southwest Environmental Center working to protect and restore the wildlife and wild places of the Southwest borderlands, particularly focused on the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf. In 2015, Tricia moved to Washington state to pursue a graduate degree, receiving an M.S. in Cultural and Environmental Resource Management from Central Washington University. Her thesis, which conducted an adaptive capacity assessment of the Upper Klamath Basin, utilized both quantitative and qualitative research methods. She worked for nearly four years on salmon recovery as the Lead Entity Coordinator for the Yakima Basin in central Washington, bringing together a diverse group of interests and perspectives. Tricia joined WildEarth Guardians as the Rio Grande Campaigner in 2021.

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WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West.

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WIldlife Program Intern

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Endangered Species Policy Advocate

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Rio Grande Campaigner