Species conservation – protecting western wildlife
Wildlife
The American West is home to an incredible diversity of life, from delicate checkerspot butterflies in the mountains of New Mexico, to silvery minnows in the waters of the iconic Rio Grande, to majestic grizzly bears roaming the valleys in and around Yellowstone National Park. Each of these species belongs in, and to, the Western landscape. Each has an unalienable right to exist and thrive. We have a duty to protect that right.
And the wildlife of the West badly need protection. These species face a barrage of threats, most of them human-caused: disappearing habitat, climate change, traps, poisons, intolerance. We already have tools to conserve the West’s diversity and protect its life—the most powerful of these being the Endangered Species Act—yet many of these tools remain underused, and many are under threat, even as many species march toward extinction.
We must shift the paradigm of wildlife management from persecution to protection. For wildlife’s sake, we are relentless advocates, reformers, and voices for the vulnerable.
Wildlife Program Work
WildEarth Guardians’ Wildlife program is focusing our energy on seven key campaigns, ranging from protecting endangered species to fundamentally reforming the federal wildlife-killing agency Wildlife Services.
Endangered Species Act Defense
Endangered Species Act Protections
End the War on Wildlife
Fundamentally reforming the federal wildlife-killing agency, Wildlife Services, ending its use of cruel and indiscriminate weapons, and adopting a coexistence mandate
Defend Native Carnivores
End Cruel Trapping
Safeguard the Sagebrush Sea
Brave New Wild Blog
Grizzly guardians unite for coexistence at the Great Bear Campout
A collective roar for grizzly bears in the northern Rockies
Paradigm shift or empty gesture? Understanding the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed Public Lands Rule
How you can help craft a strong final rule that protects wildlife and restores balance
Colorado wolf restoration: where things sit after a hectic few months
With so many wolf-related efforts underway things could seem a little confusing
Wildlife Press
Wolf advocates demand Montana FWP improve public participation in wolf planning
Conservation groups request citizen advisory council and public meetings
Read more >It’s time to live in harmony with grizzly bears
Grizzly bears are slowly reclaiming parts of their historic range for the first time since European settlers nearly eradicated them from the lower-48. And with bear expansion comes great responsibility. We must act as stewards and guardians for bears, especially in places with vast wilderness like Idaho and Montana where the grizzly bear can still roam.
Read more >Wildlife advocates ask FWP for better public involvement on wolf plan
“We’re calling on FWP to steward the wolf population for the public, not just for a loud minority that want wolves ‘managed’ out of existence,” said Lizzy Pennock, WildEarth Guardians carnivore coexistence attorney.
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