About WildEarth Guardians – who we are and what we do
About Us
WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West.
Driven by passion, we’ve tackled some of the West’s most difficult and pressing conservation challenges over the past three decades. We’ve celebrated small victories (banning leghold trapping in the state of Colorado), monumental triumphs (ending logging on more than 21 million acres in the Southwest), and everything in-between.
We’re proof that a group of committed, visionary, idealistic, and passionate caretakers of the wild can take on the most daunting adversaries—and win.
Areas of Work
Our four programs bring people, science, and the law together in defense of the American West.
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Recent Stories
Being a Merlin
WildEarth Guardians’ staff attorney Kate Merlin can definitely relate to the falcon, which uses insight and strategy to hunt larger birds
Federal coal ban reinstated
Federal court upholds moratorium on new coal leasing as a Trump-era rollback is rolled back
WildEarth Guardians’ 2022 Gala will be live streamed
You can be part of the celebration and discussion wherever you are
WildEarth Guardians’ 2022 Gala will be live streamed
You can be part of the celebration and discussion wherever you are
WildEarth Guardians Press
Environmental groups submit a formal petition demanding Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission protect the public against cumulative impacts of oil and gas production
Groups call for the Commission to make rules to better protect Coloradans from ozone, air pollution, climate change, and to prevent increases in pollution in disproportionately impacted communities
Read more >Alma ‘Rosie’ Sanchez: Restoration plan will help us live alongside wolves again
The past three years of my life have been spent talking to people about wolves returning to Colorado. I heard people’s fears and the potential impact on individuals’ livelihood and way of life. I also heard excitement about the possible benefits of returning a native carnivore and living ancestor to their home.
Read more >Groups to COGCC: Limit oil, gas development as needed to address cumulative impacts
Some environmental groups are calling on state regulators to better address the cumulative impacts of oil and gas development, including by barring development as needed to limit those impacts.
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