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

Mexican gray wolf recovery tool kit
It’s a critical time for recovery of endangered Mexican gray wolves, so raise your voice to protect and defend lobos

New Mexico public lands will be trap-free starting April 1
This victory took well over a decade of relentless pressure to achieve, and it belongs to everyone who took part in this campaign over the years.

New Mexico public lands will be trap-free starting April 1
This victory took well over a decade of relentless pressure to achieve, and it belongs to everyone who took part in this campaign over the years.

New Mexico public lands will be trap-free starting April 1
This victory took well over a decade of relentless pressure to achieve, and it belongs to everyone who took part in this campaign over the years.
Wildlife Press
Court rules federal agency wrongly withdrew bi-state sage grouse protections
Imperiled iconic dancing bird in California and Nevada again proposed for Endangered Species Act protection
Read more >New Mexico and wildlife — still more work to do
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/new-mexico-and-wildlife-still-more-work-to-do/article_7242ca02-b071-11ec-8f40-ff9c9e62671b.html
Read more >Groups threaten to sue Forest Service over Paradise Valley livestock grazing decision
Eight conservation groups have threatened to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a livestock grazing project at the eastern edge of Paradise Valley.
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