Today, conservation groups scored a major victory for endangered black-footed ferrets and black-tailed prairie dogs on Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeastern Wyoming.
Category: Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: Coloradans Applaud BLM Plan to Minimize Oil and Gas Impacts to Wildlife Habitat
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released its proposed Final Big Game Resource Management Plan Amendment which covers 8.3 million surface acres and 4.7 million acres of mineral estate extending to every Colorado BLM Field Office and to every corner of...
PRESS RELEASE: Coloradans Applaud ‘Public Lands Rule’ Emphasizing Conservation and Recreation
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final “Public Lands Rule” putting conservation, wildlife habitat and cultural resource protection on equal footing with extractive uses like oil and gas development for the first time in over 40 years...
PRESS RELEASE: Wolverine Receives Much-Needed Endangered Species Act Protections
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will protect the wolverine population in the lower 48 states as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
PRESS RELEASE: New Federal Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands
The Bureau of Land Management (The Bureau) today released for public comment a set of long-overdue reforms that would affect how fossil fuels are leased and produced on national public lands.
PRESS RELEASE: Pika Patrol – An innovative mobile app to help the community monitor the iconic American pika in Colorado
This is the first summer in which hikers are using Pika Patrol, an innovative new mobile app, to track observations and monitor populations of climate-sensitive American pika.
PRESS RELEASE: Wilderness Workshop and Rocky Mountain Wild file litigation to stop the Berlaimont Estates Access Road
On March 13, 2023, Wilderness Workshop and Rocky Mountain Wild filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Washington D.C., asking for a ruling overturning the White River National Forest’s Record of Decision for the Berlaimont Estates Road Improvement Project.
PRESS RELEASE: Irresponsible Operators: New interactive map shows inadequate financial assurance plans from dozens of oil and gas companies
Rocky Mountain Wild released Irresponsible Operators, a new statewide mapping project showing that dozens of Colorado's oil and gas producers are skirting new financial assurance laws that Governor Jared Polis once referred to as the strongest in the nation.
PRESS RELEASE: Celebrating 50 Years of Endangered Species Act Success
Conservation and wildlife advocacy groups are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act this year, commemorating five decades of effective and crucial protection for imperiled animals and plants.
PRESS RELEASE: COGCC’s “Strongest in the Nation” Financial Assurance Rules Being Tested by K.P. Kauffman
Earthworks and Rocky Mountain Wild released an interactive map that shows the location and production of K.P. Kauffman 1,206 wells, and the location of the 279 spills it has had since 2020.