Forest Guardians

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WildEarth Guardians works to protect and restore wildlife, wild places and wild rivers in the American West.

Saving the Sagebrush Sea
The Greater Gila: America's First Wilderness
Clean Waters, Wild Forests

“Wildlife Services,” the ironically-named branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, killed more than four million wild animals and pets in 2009 while spending $121,039,763. In September, WildEarth Guardians filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking to track how this money is spent, demanding greater public scrutiny of this secretive and little known agency.

The Gila: America's First Wilderness
WildEarth Guardians is working in the majestic Greater Gila Bioregion of Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico to protect Aldo Leopold’s legacy of a landscape with large carnivores, protected native species and secure wildlands. We believe the Gila can and should be one of the premier protected landscapes in all of North America.

Clean Waters - Wild Forests
More than 58 million acres of roadless national forests exist in our Nation. One of the most valuable assets of these untrammeled, yet unprotected lands is their clean waters. WildEarth Guardians is working on a unique strategy to apply the Clean Water Act’s most protective tool to designate all the waters of roadless national forests as “Outstanding Waters.”

Keep the Coal in the Hole
Coal mining in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana is the latest frontier in our effort to prevent more greenhouse gases from being emitted into our atmosphere and worsening the climate crisis. We’re challenging Department of Interior plans to lease up to 10 billion tons of coal—enough to supply dozens of coal fired power plants—for failing to consider the effects on the climate.

wolf slider photo credit: Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team and prairie dog photo credit: Jess Alford
thumbprint photos: War on Wildlife credit Wildlife Damage Review; The Gila credit John Horning; Clean Waters credit Annie Edward; Coal credit Associated Press

Methane Reductions from Oil and Natural Gas Industry Could Save More than $1 Billion

Interior Secretary Salazar Fights Upgraded Protections for Rarest U.S. Prairie Dog

Presidential Pardon Requested for Endangered Western Grouse

New Mexico's Outstanding National Resource Waters vote is pending November 30th!
Douglas Chadwick talks Wolverine in Colorado, December 6th and 7th.
Telluride Mountain Film comes to Santa Fe, NM January 20th, 2011.

Victory for Gunnison's and Utah Prairie Dogs.
Victory for Wolves: Leg-Hold Trap Ban Extended.
End the Secrecy: Public Lands Ranchers Must Be Revealed.
Governor Richardson Issues Trap Ban.