Wildlife

WildEarth Guardians’ Wildlife Program focuses on preventing extinction and promoting recovery of imperiled native plants and animals in the West.

Using a potent combination of scientific analysis, litigation and grassroots organizing, WildEarth Guardians is working to save iconic species of the American West such as grizzly bears, gray wolves, and mountain lions as well as indispensable prairie dogs, sage grouse, and desert tortoise.
Our vision is clear and bold: wildlife free to roam through wild places, weaving their vital threads through the web of life.

Sadly the threats to wildlife continue to mount. Fragmented and polluted by logging, mining, livestock grazing, oil and gas extraction and other human activities, habitat for many species is rapidly dwindling. WildEarth Guardians confronts these threats in the court of law and the court of public opinion.

Working nationally, regionally and locally, our Wildlife Program is staving off ongoing efforts to weaken the Endangered Species Act—our nation’s most powerful environmental law. We work to protect the key species that support entire ecosystems such as prairie dogs and wolves. For imperiled species not yet protected by the Endangered Species Act, we advocate for legal listing. For those safeguarded by the Act, we monitor their return from the brink of extinction to ensure protection strategies are effective. When government agencies bow to special interests and persecute wildlife, we demand reform. And where education can rally support for wildlife, we reach out to inspire and empower the public.

We are in the process of building our WildEarth Guardians website. In the meantime, check out Forest Guardians and Sinapu web pages on these wildlife issues:

The Endangered Species Act and Safeguarding the Safety Net

Become an ESA Guardian

Protecting and Restoring Endangered Species and The Western Grouse Project and Prairie Dog Ecosystem Project

Carnivore Project: Wolves and Wolf FAQs, Lynx and The Western Ark

Endangered Species Recovery and Borderlands Biodiversity

Wildlife Policy Reform: Abolishing Federal Wildlife Killing and Monitoring State Wildlife Management

Living with Wildlife: Bears and Mountain Lions