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
Protect Prairie Dog Empires
How You Can Help
Help protect the incredible, vulnerable wildlife of the West! Be a guardian for the wild by joining the conversation, learning about current issues, and making your voice heard. Together, we’re a powerful force for nature.
Recent Stories From Wildlife

A milestone for wildlife and public lands in New Mexico
Roxy’s Law banning traps, snares, and poisons on public lands heads to the governor’s desk

Traps, snares, and poisons banned on New Mexico public lands
Together, we did it! Governor Lujan Grisham just signed the bill to ban traps on New Mexico public lands

Traps, snares, and poisons banned on New Mexico public lands
Together, we did it! Governor Lujan Grisham just signed the bill to ban traps on New Mexico public lands

Traps, snares, and poisons banned on New Mexico public lands
Together, we did it! Governor Lujan Grisham just signed the bill to ban traps on New Mexico public lands
Wildlife Press
The Joshua Tree needs our help
While the existential plight of the polar bear losing its critical habitat to climate change is well known, fewer of us are aware of a similar predicament facing one of the most iconic and beloved species in our backyard: the Joshua tree.
Read more >Key committee approves permanent Oregon predator control districts
Predator control districts, in which landowners tax themselves to pay for federal trappers, would become permanent in Oregon under a bill that’s now passed a key legislative committee.
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