We've joined with 75 other groups to call on the Biden administration to take executive action to protect the mature trees and forests on federal lands that are most critical in the fight against climate change.
Leading Conservation Groups Launch ‘The Coalition for Oil and Gas Reform,’ Urging Reform Before Oil and Gas Lease Sales Resume
Coalition pushes Interior Department to act quickly to implement the reforms outlined in its report For Immediate Release: February 14, 2022Contact: Abby Grehlinger, abby@team-arc.com (WASHINGTON, DC) — Today, leading national and western-based environment...
A huge win for Gunnison sage-grouse!
We just won our Tres Rios leasing cases! Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane overturned the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (the Bureau) 2017 and 2018 decisions to lease public land in Southwest Colorado for oil and gas dev...
Federal District Court Judge Overturns Oil & Gas Lease Sales on Public Lands in Southwest Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2022 CONTACTS: Megan Mueller, Rocky Mountain Wild, 303-704-9760Hilary Cooper, San Miguel Co. Commissioner, 970-728-3844Jimbo Buickerood, San Juan Citizens Alliance, 970-259-3583 Federal District Court Judge Overturns Oil &...
Some big changes and an even bigger farewell!
A special message from Tehri, our Executive Director They don’t make an emoji to describe what I am feeling as I write this. If they did, one half would look filled with happy anticipation, while the other half would look sad and somewhat scared. You see...
What RMW was able to accomplish under Tehri’s leadership
By: Megan Mueller, Senior Conservation Biologist and Interim Executive Director Our executive director, Tehri Parker, is retiring. Our staff and board members would like to wish Tehri well in her next adventure and are glad that she will have time to get out a...
Another win for Wolf Creek Pass!
By: Chris Talbot-Heindl and Matt Sandler, Rocky Mountain Wild Remember in 2015 when the Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture (LMJV) exchanged a private parcel to the Forest Service (Service) in exchange for Service land adjacent to Highway 160? We challenged that exc...
Groups sue over plan to poison prairie dogs and eliminate black-footed ferret habitat on Thunder Basin National Grassland
Western Watersheds Project, Rocky Mountain Wild, and WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service that challenges a plan amendment for the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeast Wyoming. The agency’s plan ramps up eradication ...
Protect, Connect, and Restore Wildlife and Wild Lands
Peer-to-Peer Colorado Gives Fundraising Kit Thank you so much for taking part in our peer-to-peer fundraising for the Colorado Gives campaign! This is our first year trying a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, so if you have any questions, suggestions, or conc...
Federal Judge Overturns Oil, Gas Lease Sales on 58,000 Acres of Public Lands in Colorado
A federal judge late Tuesday overturned the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease 58,000 acres of public land in western Colorado for oil and gas extraction, agreeing with conservation groups that fracking and drilling will worsen air quality in...