Wild Earth Guardians
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WildEarth Guardians recently released a report to policymakers and key
members of Congress detailing the science behind the need to return
wolves to the Southern Rocky Mountains. The report, A Vision for
Wolves in the Southern Rocky Mountains, also explores the strong
public support for returning the wolf to Colorado, and the economic
payback from doing so. Importantly, the report examines the potential
role that Rocky Mountain National Park should play in regional wolf
recovery and dispels claims that the Park is "too small" for wolf
recovery to occur. The report is available for download here.
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Tortoise and the Hare Race to Board the Western Ark
WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project took the Sonoran
desert tortoise to court this month, seeking Endangered Species Act
protection for this dwindling reptile, whose numbers have been slashed
in half since 1987. The tortoise followed on the heels of an earlier
lawsuit, filed by WildEarth Guardians, seeking federal protection for
the white-sided jackrabbit (the proverbial hare), the Jemez Mountains
salamander, and two rare plants. All of these species are threatened
by the climate crisis and habitat destruction and urgently require
passage on the nation's legal Ark, the Endangered Species Act.
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Western Wildlife Under Hoof
Much to the chagrin of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association,
WildEarth Guardians released a widely publicized report this spring
documenting, for the first time, the extent of public lands grazing in
current and historic habitat for dozens of fish and wildlife species.
The report, Western Wildlife Under Hoof, found that livestock grazing
is permitted on 80 percent of public land in the historic range of
native trout, on more than 75 percent of the historic range for four
prairie dog species, on 84 percent of the current range of the
Gunnison sage-grouse and on 91 percent of the current range of greater
sage-grouse. You can take a look at the report here.