New Transmission Line Ensures Destructive Energy Development on Great Basin’s Public Lands
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 10, 2024 CONTACT Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, 775-513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Kevin Emmerich, Basin & Range Watch, 775-764-1080, emailbasinandrange@gmail.com Chandra Rosenthal, Public Employees
Copper Creek Wolf family captured; one wolf dead, survivors taken into captivity
For Immediate Release: September 9, 2024 Contact: Delaney Rudy, Western Watersheds Project, 970-648-4241, delaney@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, 505-395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Young wolf family was implicated
Bureau of Land Management Targets Crucial Desert Tortoise Habitat for Solar Development
For Immediate Release September 6, 2024 Contact: Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, atomicquailranch@gmail.com, 775-764-1080 Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org, 775-513-1280 LAS VEGAS – Today, the Bureau
Colorado’s only Wolf Pack to be Captured, Relocated after Coexistence Failure from Ranchers
For Immediate Release Contact: Delaney Rudy, Western Watersheds Project, 970-648-4241, delaney@westernwatersheds.org August 28, 2024 Colorado’s only Wolf Pack to be Captured, Relocated after Coexistence Failure
Hollywood filmmaker, enviros and journalists urge PBS to Correct Errors in “Human Footprint” Episode
September 4, 2024 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Ed Winters, Wild Beauty Foundation edward@winterstonepictures.com Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Vickery Eckhoff, 917-439-8748 or veckhoff@rcn.com Hollywood filmmaker,
Wild Horse and Environmental Groups File Notice of Appeal to Challenge Court Decision Allowing Largest-Ever Eradication of Wild Horses
Wild horses in Salt Wells HMA, SW Wyoming. Photo by Jay D’Ewart, BLM courtesy of Flickr For Immediate Release: August 16, 2024 Contact: Amelia Perrin,
Lawsuit Launched to Protect World’s Smallest Rabbit in Eight Western States
For immediate release: August 14, 2024 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org Michael Freeman, Earthjustice, (720) 989-6896, mfreeman@earthjustice.org Randi Spivak, Center
Wolf Supporters to Rally Friday at Arizona Game Commission Meeting in Flagstaff
For Immediate Release, August 8, 2024 Contact: Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-1325,
Montana’s Arctic Grayling Get New Shot at Endangered Species Protection
For Immediate Release, August 7, 2024 Contact: Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org Maggie Caldwell, Earthjustice, (347) 527-6397, mcaldwell@earthjustice.org Patrick Kelly, Western
Meet Our Staff: Cyndi Tuell
Hi, I’m Cyndi Tuell, the Arizona and New Mexico Director for Western Watersheds Project. With 17 years of experience as an attorney and conservation advocate,
Letter Urges Agencies to Keep Mexican Wolves in Grand Canyon Ecosystem
For Immediate Release, August 1, 2024 Contact: Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Claire Musser, Grand Canyon
USFWS Delays Decision on Grizzly Bear Protections, Casting Uncertainty on Future Conservation
For Immediate Release Media contact: Patrick Kelly, patrick@westernwatersheds.org, (208) 576-4314 (July 31, 2024) MISSOULA, Mont. — In disappointing news, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has filed
Student Group Names Wandering Mexican Wolf “Hope”
For immediate release Media contacts: Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-1325, claire@gcwolfrecovery.org Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 272-2454, cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Sandy Bahr,
Conservation Groups Request Protection from Solar Energy Sprawl in Nevada
For Immediate Release on July 29, 2024 Contact: Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch, atomicquailranch@gmail.com, 775-764-1080 Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org, 775-513-1280 Jack Prichett, Old Spanish Trail
USFWS: Mexican Wolf Asha denied freedom for failure to breed
For Immediate Release, July 25, 2024 Contacts: Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-1325,
Statement from Western Watersheds Project on Yellowstone Bison Management Plan
For Immediate Release Contact: Josh Osher, josh@westernwatersheds.org, 408-830-3099 Statement from Western Watersheds Project on Yellowstone Bison Management Plan On Wednesday, the National Park Service announced
Data Analysis: Sage-Grouse Recovery Imperiled by Overgrazing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 25, 2024 Contact: Chandra Rosenthal [PEER] (303) 898-0798, crosenthal@peer.or; Josh Osher [WWP] 406-220-2883, josh@westernwatersheds.org Sage-Grouse Recovery Imperiled by Overgrazing BLM’s
Wildlife advocates celebrate wolf dispersal, decry capture of female lobo
For immediate release July 18, 2024 Media contacts: Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project (928) 202 1325 claire@gcwolfrecovery.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177,
Advocates launch legal action to prevent grizzly bear deaths at bait stations
For immediate release July 15, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg LeDonne, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 779-2079, greg@westernwatersheds.org Lizzy Pennock, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 830-8924, lpennock@wildearthguardians.org Dana Johnson,
Western Watersheds Project Staff Announce Formation and Recognition of Western Watersheds Workers Union
For Immediate Release, July 11, 2024 Contact: Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Workers Union, 520-272-2454, westernwatershedsworkers@gmail.com Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910, erik@westernwatersheds.org Kelley Weston, WWP
Anderson: Let Caldera wolf pack roam together
By Greta Anderson, OpEd for the Santa Fe New Mexican (June 22, 2024) Most New Mexicans know about Asha, the Mexican gray wolf who made