2023 Santa Fe Gala
166 photos
End Sacrifice Zones Rallies at NM BLM
36 photos, 4 videos
Advocates hold “End Sacrifice Zones” rallies at New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Offices
Advocates rallied at the Bureau of Land Management offices across New Mexico (Farmington, Carlsbad,...
Permian Basin, New Mexico, Documenting the...
44 photos
In February 2023, WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy team toured the Permian Basin of southeast New Mexico, witnessing and documenting firsthand the horrors of unchecked oil and gas...
TrulyHonorChaco - May 6, 2022
4 photos
Members of the Greater Chaco Coalition rally and deliver nearly 80,000 comments to the Bureau of Land Management demanding greater protections for the Greater Chaco Landscape and surrounding...
Calling for Climate Action in Colorado, February...
19 photos
WildEarth Guardians joined dozens of other groups and activists on February 20, 2020 to call on the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission to move more quickly and aggressively to confront the...
Protect NEPA Rally and Protest!
43 photos
On February 11, 2020, the Trump administration held a public hearing in Denver on proposed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act, our nation's bedrock environmental law.
Not only did...
Fracking on Public Lands in the American West
51 photos
The Trump Administration is selling off public lands in the American West to the oil and gas industry. Their aim? To sacrifice these lands for fracking.
In opening the door for unchecked oil and gas...
Guardians Gala 2019
45 photos
Beaver resistance!
98 photos
Denver Climate Strike, September 2019
37 photos, 7 videos
WildEarth Guardians joined thousands on September 20, 2019 in a youth-led strike for the climate!
Dry Rio Grande - September 6, 2019
14 photos
Rio Grande near San Antonio New Mexico is dry and endangered species are dying meanwhile irrigation diversions upstream are full
#RunningForOurLives Indigenous Youth Prayer Run
56 photos
More than 20 indigenous youth run nearly 50 miles in protest of fracking in New Mexico.
Read more: wildearthguardians.org/press-releases/runningforourlives-...
Guardians also delivered a letter to...
Colorado Clean Air Campaign
97 photos, 6 videos
In 2019, WildEarth Guardians launched its Colorado For Clean Air Campaign, a strategic effort to defend clean air along Colorado's Front Range and help advance our Keep it in the Ground campaign....
Broomfield, Colorado Fracking
22 photos
WildEarth Guardians is working with local residents in Broomfield, Colorado to defend communities and public health from fracking. In the all of 2018, we field suit against the City and County of...
Gift Basket Delivery to New Tri-State CEO
16 photos, 5 videos
On April 3, 2019, WildEarth Guardians joined in delivering a gift basket and call to action to the new CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
At the company's annual...
Uinta Basin Fracking, March 2019
42 photos, 1 video
A field visit to the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah in March 2019. This region and its public lands are under siege by the oil and gas industry, putting communities throughout the region, including...
BLM Sit-In/Strike in Protest of NM Oil and Gas...
31 photos
WildEarth Guardians and Frack Off Chaco Coalition members organizing a peaceful sit-in/strike at BLM NM headquarters in protest of the March 2019 NM oil and gas lease sale, demanding protections for...
Public Lands Rally and NM BLM Protest Delivery at...
20 photos
Crowds gathered at the New Mexico Legislature to celebrate the state’s public lands and call for their protection as a diverse coalition of tribal leaders, legislators, land users, and allied...
Northwest Colorado Coal
28 photos, 4 videos
In November 2018, WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Program headed to the town of Craig in northwest Colorado to testify against the Trump Administration's plans to sell a new federal coal...
Guardians Gala 2018
39 photos
Not Your Sacrifice Zone BLM Protest Rally
55 photos
Over 200 clean air and water advocates rallied in front of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state office in Santa Fe to protest the December 5th and 6th online auction of over 89,000 acres of...
Shut Down the Frack Water Meeting
32 photos
Hotel Santa Fe hosted officials from the state, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Interior (DOI) who gathered with representatives from the oil and gas industry to...
Frack Off Chaco BLM Protest Delivery
17 photos
On the Halloween protest deadline, more than a dozen community representatives hand delivered over 10,000 protest comments, each receiving a required timestamp by BLM personnel before the day’s...
Ghost Ranch Staff Retreat 2018
155 photos
Rio Chama, NM
239 photos
Carlsbad Caverns Country Threatened by Oil and Gas
28 photos
Confronting Tri-State Energy
8 photos
WildEarth Guardians Climate & Energy Program staff descended on Tri-State Energy headquarters to tell the company to ditch costly coal for affordable clean energy.
WildEarth Guardians today...
Indian Heaven Wilderness, WA
29 photos
Jonah Oil and Gas Field, Wyoming
27 photos
The Jonah Field was once an undeveloped expanse of public lands that sustained thriving populations of sage grouse, mule deer, elk, and more. In the past decade, the area has been transformed by the...
Zinke Protest in NM
11 photos
The annual Convention of Western Attorneys General Conference (CWAG) scheduled Fireside chat with Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was met with disruption from New Mexico activists who...
Falls Creek Falls: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
26 photos
Restoration Rio Puerco-Bureau of Land Management
2 photos
Montana C&E Trip June 2018
30 photos, 1 video
WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Team set out to Montana, where we met with allies, explored oil & gas infrastructure, and viewed existing coal mines. We saw beautiful areas that would be...
San Juan Public Meeting: Albuquerque 6.25.2018
10 photos, 5 videos
WildEarth Guardians attended the public meeting hosted by the Office of Surface Mining to shine on a spotlight on their recent proposal to extend mining until 2033. At the same time, the mining...
Rosebud Mine and Colstrip Power Plant, Montana
20 photos
WildEarth Guardians is confronting illegal coal mining at the Rosebud mine in southeastern Montana, which is the fuel source for the massive Colstrip coal-fired power plant. While Colstrip is slated...
Jim Bridger Coal Mine and Generating Station, WY
15 photos
Jim Bridger is the largest coal-fired power plant in Wyoming and every year spews 13.2 million metric tons of carbon into the air (equalling the amount of carbon released annually by 2.8 million...
Great Sand Dunes Natl. Park trip
86 photos, 4 videos
Guardians took a trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park, the Sangre de Cristos, and the Wet Mountains to view potential oil and gas leases
NM Trapping Incidents
11 photos
Coal Dust From West Elk Coal Piles
11 photos, 1 video
During a recent visit to western Colorado, we observed huge amounts of coal dust being blown off piles at Arch Coal's West Elk mine.
#itsNotOver Greater Chaco lease sale rallies
7 photos
#ItsNotOver - Chaco Advocates Descend on BLM
Dozens of Greater Chaco advocates rallied in front of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state office in Santa Fe today to claim victory over last...
#itsNotOver Greater Chaco lease sale rallies
6 photos, 1 video
#ItsNotOver - Chaco Lease Sale Deferred, Advocates Press for Permanent Protections
Call on Congress for Greater Chaco Leadership
Advocates rallied in front of New Mexico Senators Tom Udall, Martin...
Coronado National Forest
42 photos
Seven Falls hike in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Sandoval County Oil and Gas Rally
14 photos, 3 videos
On December 14, 2017 Tribal leaders and New Mexicans rallied in defense of tribal and environmental rights to demand the Sandoval County Commission throw away two horrible proposed Oil and Gas...
Just Transition Letter Delivery
19 photos
Leaders across New Mexico delivered letters to each of Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) district offices....
West Elk Coal Mine Expansion Area, December 2017
52 photos, 2 videos
Field trip to National Forest lands in western Colorado where Arch Coal wants to expand its West Elk coal mine. While an underground mine, Arch has to drill gas wells above the mine in order to vent...
Oil & Gas Leases Near Livingston, Big Timber,...
79 photos
Methane Venting Above West Elk Coal Mine, July...
38 photos
Pictures obtained from the U.S. Forest Service of the impacts of methane venting above Arch Coal's West Elk coal mine in western Colorado.
The West Elk mine is the single largest source of methane...
Santa Fe BLM Protest
9 photos, 7 videos
The public demands to be heard as Santa Fe clergy, the former mayor, and citizens of Santa Fe, NM deliver comments AGAIN to BLM in support of climate protections and the BLM Methane Rule.
Santa Fe Gala 2017
169 photos
Powder River Basin - Oil and Gas, Coal
73 photos, 2 videos
The Climate and Energy Team took a roadtrip up to the Powder River Basin from Denver to see first hand the destruction that the oil & gas, and coal industry has had on our public lands. We also...
Mt. Hood NF - Salmon field trip
39 photos
PDX office staff learning about challenges salmon face.
Coalition Field Trip
13 photos
Field Trip with Payette Forest Coalition, Payette National Forest September 21, 2017
Oil & Gas Near the CO/UT Border 9.15.17
36 photos, 2 videos
WildEarth Guardians Shannon and Becca drove through the I-70 corridor on the way to the Uplift Climate Conference in Moab, Utah and encountered a good deal of oil and gas infrastructure along the way...
Uplift Climate Conference 9.15.17-9.17.17
31 photos, 1 video
Uplift is a climate conference created for, and by, young people. We believe conservation needs young voices, more diversity, and a new focus on climate justice. We are rooted in the red rock cliffs,...
Rio de las Vacas Restoration
2 photos
Santa Fe Entrada Protest
12 photos, 7 videos
We know the fights for social and environmental justice are inextricably linked - believing in the right to have dominion over the planet is the same logic that supports dominion over people.
The...
Powder River Basin, Ground Zero in Fight for...
57 photos, 2 videos
Pictures from the Powder River Basin of northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, the largest coal producing region in the nation and site of a fracking free-for-all.
In spite of the fossil...
Ochoco National Forest
18 photos
Resources that will be harmed by Forest Service's new OHV Summit Trail System
Road survey-Gifford Pinchot NF, WA
11 photos
Cascade Forest Conservancy invited volunteers to survey roads.
Protecting Glide, OR's Drinking Water
12 photos
Reducing risks from forest roads keeps water cleaner for fish and people.
Mt. Hood Decommissioned Roads
55 photos
July 13, 2017
Giant Sequoia National Monument
35 photos
Checking Out Chaco and Threats From Fracking
44 photos, 1 video
The Greater Chaco region of northwestern New Mexico has been under siege from fracking. We went out to see how much the oil and gas industry has impacted around this culturally significant landscape...
Sunset Roadless Area at Risk From Coal Mining,...
53 photos, 4 videos
#FrackOffChaco Awareness Run
52 photos
In lieu of the Bureau of Land Management approving more than 400 new fracking wells without adequate Tribal consultation, the International Indigenous Youth Council and native youth in the Four...
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
6 photos
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
17 photos
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
5 photos
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
3 photos
1,880,461 acres
Utah
Designated September 18, 1996
Olympic National Forest - Skokomish Watershed
72 photos
WildEarth Guardians checks out rewilding work in the Skokomish watershed
Sand To Snow National Monument
15 photos
PNM Shareholder Rally for Just Transitions
36 photos
www.wildearthguardians.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&am...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
New Mexicans rally in support of PNM shareholder resolutions to protect consumers, climate
Call issued for more...
Howling Affair 2017
27 photos
Beavers in the Valles Caldera National Preserve
4 photos
People's Climate March - Portland
16 photos
April 29, 2017
Flathead National Forest
19 photos
Lolo National Forest
11 photos
SW Montana Forest Roads
23 photos
Beaverhead-Deerlodge & Bitterroot National Forests
People's Climate March- Denver 4.29.2017
12 photos, 1 video
On April 29th, students, workers, faith communities, Indigenous Nations, community organizations, and environmental groups joined together to make it clear that this resistance will defend our...
Bears Ears National Monument At Risk From Fracking
52 photos, 2 videos
The 1.35 million acre Bears Ears National Monument of southeastern Utah was designated by President Obama in 2016. President Trump has said he intends to reverse the protection of this amazing...
San Juan Mine EIS Scoping Meetings
13 photos, 1 video
WildEarth Guardians showed up to weigh in on the future of the San Juan Coal Mine in New Mexico. The U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement held meetings from April 10-14, 2017...
Yellowstone Wildlife Viewing April 2017
31 photos
The WildEarth Guardians Missoula staff visited Yellowstone to view many of the wildlife species we are working to protect. We saw wolves, coyotes, grizzlies, a river otter, osprey, newborn bison and...
Spring in D.C.
13 photos
Advocating for USFS Legacy Roads & Trails program. Guardians Wild Places staff recently spent a week in D.C. advocating for funding for the Legacy Roads and Trails program. The funds are...
Pueblo Pintado
49 photos
Pueblo Pintado is the easternmost
of the Chacoan great houses in the Chaco Canyon area. Pueblo Pintado’s walls are massive and three stories tall. Most of the construction occurred around 1060...
San Juan Generating Station and Coal Mine
29 photos
The San Juan Generating Station is a 1,683 megawatt coal-fired power plant located right along the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico.
The plant's primary owner, Public Service Company of New...
Peabody's El Segundo Coal Mine, New Mexico
30 photos
A visit to Peabody Energy's El Segundo Coal Mine in New Mexico. The mine is in the Greater Chaco region, an area of immense cultural significance in the American Southwest. Peabody's operations...
Siuslaw National Forest Rain on Snow
21 photos, 2 videos
A pineapple express hit Oregon after several snow days, and we headed to the forest to see the results on January 18, 2017
Willamette National Forest Rain on Snow
18 photos
A pineapple express hit Oregon after several snow days, and we headed to the forest to see the results 1/18/2017
Women's March 2017
65 photos, 3 videos
Guardians standing "in solidarity with our partners and children for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health, and our families--recognizing that our vibrant and diverse communities...
Greater Chaco January oil and gas lease sale -...
43 photos, 6 videos
Press Release: www.wildearthguardians.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&am...
On January 17, four Navajo Nation Chapter Presidents, affected community members, and allies met with BLM State...
2016 Treehugger Bash
44 photos
photo credit: Kerry M Halasz
Tree Planting on Mt. Hood National Forest
10 photos
Rewilding old roads on Mt. Hood with Bark, Nov. 5, 2016
Greater Chaco Scoping Meetings
44 photos, 13 videos
The Bureau of Land Management’s Farmington Field Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Navajo Regional Office are conducting an expanded analysis of fracking management policies in the Greater...
Silvery Minnows in ABQ
2 photos
Mt. Hood National Forest
8 photos
October 22-23, 2016
Restoration Program Before and After Photos
57 photos
2016 Guardians Gala
11 photos
Water Protectors Disrupt Hearing on "Tribal...
5 photos
Despite attempts to stifle community voices, water protectors silently held banners during the hearing that read “Rep Bishop: Work for the People not for Gas Companies,” “Fracking = Ruptures,...
Payette National Forest
27 photos
Forest roads, rivers, and bull trout
2016
Vanishing Rio Grande 2016
44 photos
These photos represent the state of the Rio Grande as of September 2016. The farms are green, the ditches are full, but the river is dry. The Rio Grande needs a right to its own water in order to...
Colorado College VCNP 2016
9 photos
Restoring Jaramillo Creek
Keep it in the Ground at 1 Rally
37 photos
On September 15, 2016, we rallied in front of the White House to ramp up our call for President Obama to stop leasing our publicly owned coal, oil, and gas. As part of the rally, we delivered over a...
Occupation of the Department of the Interior
107 photos
Our Executive Director, John Horning, and 12 other Indigenous, frontline, and environmental allies occupied the Department of the Interior to demand an end to leasing coal, oil, and gas from our...
Sawtooth National Forest
18 photos
Roads, OHVs, a beautiful river & fish (8/19 - 8/21, 2016)
Roswell 9.2 BLM Oil and Gas Rally
4 photos
CO Trail 3rd Qtr
20 photos
From Hwy 50 to Hwy 149
Wildlife in the Way of Fracking
23 photos
A look at western wildlife threatened by the oil and gas industry's relentless push to frack our public lands.
7.20.16 BLM Keep it in the Ground Rally
42 photos
Advocates and Indigenous Community Leaders, Organizers, and Elders Rally at BLM Santa Fe
Santa Fe N.M.— Despite recent attempts to marginalize public voices, advocates and indigenous leaders are...
Keep it in the Ground at 1
33 photos
A look back at the last year of WildEarth Guardians' Keep it in the Ground campaign and the broader movement to protect our climate by keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
Greater Chaco well fire explosion
2 photos
Posted with permission from Kendra Pinto
Skyline Coal Mine and Flat Canyon Coal Lease...
33 photos
A visit to the Skyline underground coal mine area in central Utah. The Skyline mine, owned by Bowie Resources, is one of the Utah's largest coal mines and largest contributor to climate change....
Gila Tour 2016
11 photos
WildEarth Guardians staff tour the Gila Ecoregion
Stream Team-Jaramillo Creek 2016
10 photos
King Coal Mine, La Plata County, Colorado
23 photos
A trip to the King II coal mine near Durango, Colorado. WildEarth Guardians has joined local residents in fighting the mine's expansion.
2016 Santa Fe Summer Veggie BBQ
17 photos
Guardians members, friends, staff, and board gathered together for some summer food and fun at the courtyard of Guardians' Santa Fe office, June 16, 2016.
Rattlesnake Creek, Lolo National Forest
8 photos
Wilamette National Forest
17 photos
May 25th, 2016 field trip with the Forest Service to learn about the Highway 46 Project
Howling Affair 2016
14 photos
Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF - Greenwater roads
26 photos
Photos from the Greenwater watershed.
May 2016 Utah Keep It in the Ground Protest
33 photos, 1 video
Brave folks defied federal orders and sang to disrupt a public lands oil and gas lease auction at the Salt Lake City public library on May 17, 2016.
Break Free from Fossil Fuels, Colorado, May 12,...
72 photos, 1 video
WildEarth Guardians joined more than 300 people in Lakewood, Colorado today to call on the Bureau of Land Management to cancel its planned auction of public lands for fracking.
With our climate and...
Drilling for Carbon Dioxide in Colorado's Canyons...
30 photos
The oil and gas industry is never one to shy away from dumping more carbon into our atmosphere, but this takes the cake.
In southwest Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, oil and...
Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Protest, May 3,...
52 photos
Protestors today called on the Obama Administration to protect our climate and keep our oil and gas in the ground.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management today moved to auction off more than 100,000...
Gifford Pinchot Forest Roads
39 photos
Documenting a few of the forest road washouts in Cowlitz Ranger District, 2016
For Media Use: 4/20 Keep it in the Ground Rally...
29 photos
Protesters Tell Feds to 'Keep It in the Ground' at New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Hundreds call for bold climate leadership at “climate auction”
Santa Fe, NM – Hundreds gathered with signs...
Lease sale protest 4-20
52 photos
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Forest Roads
24 photos
2015-2016 road failures on Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Mt. Baker Ranger District
Coal and Renewables
14 photos
Out with the old and in with the new - some juxtaposition of coal and wind energy in Wyoming. A coal train near Orrin Junction, idled on a siding, is passed by a train carrying wind turbine blades....
The Sagebrush Sea
101 photos
Photos by Erik Molvar, credit WildEarth Guardians photo
Fracking Utah's Public Lands
39 photos
Pictures of fracking on public lands in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah.
Sitting at the southern flanks of the majestic Uinta Mountains, the region contains a vast expanse of publicly owned...
Celebrating 1,000 Culverts
28 photos
WildEarth Guardians celebrated a major milestone in the U.S. Forest Service's Legacy Roads & Trails Program: improving or replacing 1,000 culverts to improve water quality, reconnect fish...
Oil & Gas Auction Disrupted by Song
28 photos, 1 video
On 2/16/16, we sang Keep It in the Ground until all 100 of us were thrown out of a Utah public lands oil and gas lease sale.
Jim Bridger Power Plant and Mine
11 photos
The Jim Bridger power plant is Wyoming's largest coal-fired power plant. The plant, owned by PacifiCorp and Idaho Power, is fueled by the neighboring Jim Bridger mine. WildEarth Guardians recently...
We Shut Down an Oil and Gas Sale
28 photos
Working with our allies, including Elders Rising, in November 2015, we shut a BLM Utah oil and gas leasing auction. Looks fun, right?
That was the first of three the Keep It in the Ground movement...
"I (heart) Public Lands" Rally in Portland, OR...
11 photos
Peaceful, positive rally in Portland, OR in support of public land, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and the birds.
Rally for lobos in Denver, January 13, 2016
6 photos
Activists gather in Denver to rally for Mexican wolves to gain entry into Colorado.
Keep Coal in the Ground-Reject Arch Coal Loophole!
16 photos
On the evening of December 9, WildEarth Guardians joined the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, Greenpeace, and Great Old Broads for Wilderness in calling on the U.S. Forest Service to abandon its plans to...
Guardians' 2015 Staff Retreat
66 photos
Guardians' staff enjoyed five days at the B Bar Ranch in Emigrant, MT during mid-October to strategize and plan. The ranch is located on the edge of Yellowstone National Park so we had the...
Stop the Frack Attack March
76 photos
10/6 Denver, CO: Navajo and Chaco activists join WildEarth Guardians at Stop the Frack Attack Summit and March, calling for an end to fracking in Chaco and keeping dirty fossil fuels in the ground
Chaco Visit by Guardians Sept. '15
80 photos
Guardians see the beauty of Chaco during an eclipse and some of the ugliness nearby.
Belle Ayr Coal Mine
5 photos
2015 Guardians Gala
271 photos
Guardians 12th Annual Gala Benefit Dinner in Santa Fe featuring acclaimed ecologist and author Dr. Sandra Steingraber as our keynote speaker.
Keep it in the Ground Rally, Washington, D.C.,...
53 photos
On the morning of September 15, 2015, we rallied and called on President Obama to start keeping our publicly owned fossil fuels in the ground! Already, the extraction and burning of coal, oil, and...
Fracking in the Red Desert, Wyoming
8 photos
NM Game Commission Hearing August 27, 2015
113 photos
Activists congregate to stand up for wolves, cougars and bears at the New Mexico Game Commission Hearing.
Gifford Pinchot NF 2015
13 photos
Aug. 13, 2015 WildEarth Guardians' Rewilding team completing field truthing in the Gifford Pinchot NF - challenging bridge project, road decommission project, ongoing slide challenges
Denver Pride 2015
6 photos
Fracking in the White River Field Office of...
64 photos
Fracking's footprint in the White River area of western Colorado. You can also see where these pictures were taken on Google maps, check it out,...
Colowyo Coal Mine
33 photos
The Colowyo coal mine in northwestern Colorado is owned by Tri-State Generation and Transmission and fuels the company's coal-fired power plant in Craig. Much of the coal being mined is publicly...
Bowie Coal Mine, June 2015
15 photos
Pictures of the Bowie No. 2 coal mine, including its surface operations and the lands above the mine. Located in the North Fork Valley of western Colorado, the underground mine was once one of the...
West Elk Coal Mine, June 2015
25 photos
Checking out the National Forest lands around Arch Coal's West Elk mine in western Colorado's North Fork Valley.
Located right next to Colorado's West Elk Wilderness Area, this mine is destroying...
Rewilding Field Trip to Mount Hood 2015
15 photos
The Rewilding team took a hike on Mt. Hood to check out successful, and unsuccessful, road projects.
Peabody's Presence in Colorado
20 photos
Peabody's coal mining operations in Colorado. Peabody controls all of the mining operations near the town of Hayden, including the Foidel Creek mine and the Sage Creek mine. Most of the coal...
2015 Stream Team
30 photos
Rio Grande-Field Trip to Taos
100 photos
June 6-8, 2015
No Fracking Way
12 photos
A protest to protect the Greater Chaco Area from BLM fracking
Chaco in the Spring!
154 photos
Lesser prairie chickens
4 photos
Our Endangered Species Advocate went to see the lesser prairie chickens on the lek in April 2015, with Arena Dust Tours near Holly, Colorado. They were pretty far away, so these are the best pictures...
Continental Divide - Wamsutter Field Fracking,...
1 photo
Altantic Rim Coalbed Methane Field, Red Desert,...
5 photos
Photos by Erik Molvar, credit "courtesy WildEarth Guardians."
Red Desert Sage Grouse Lek
29 photos
A lek near the Ferris Mountains. Photos by Erik Molvar, attribution "photo courtesy WildEarth Guardians."
sage grouse lek visit
73 photos
Craig, CO. April 5, 2015
Photos by Bethany Cotton
Nevada Fracking
3 photos
The fracking industry has set its sights on Nevada. The state has not seen much oil and gas development in the past, but has left its footprint in the Railroad Valley and elsewhere.
California Fracking
5 photos
Sights of California's oil industry near the Carrizo Plain.
North Park, Colorado Fracking
33 photos
The oil fracking boom threatens wildlife, clean air, and water in Colorado's North Park.
Monarch Madness
35 photos
Telluride Mountainfilm 2015
24 photos
Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, February 12, 2015. University of New Mexico, February 13-14, 2015. Supporters hold up Trap Free New Mexico signs.
Wildland, Water & Wildlife Lobby Day 2015
17 photos
NM legislature February 11, 2015
Rocky Mountain Fracking
201 photos
Fracking in the Uinta Basin of Utah
71 photos, 2 videos
Nestled between the southern flanks of the Uinta Mountains and the northern slopes of the Book Cliffs, the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah is a classic high desert western landscape. Bisected by...
Colorado Front Range Fracking
14 photos
Proposed Monument Butte Oil and Gas Project
24 photos
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, has proposed the Monument Butte oil and gas development project in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah. 5,700 new oil and gas wells would be drilled and...
Fracking in the Greater Chaco Region of New Mexico
77 photos
Pictures of fracking and related development on public lands in the Greater Chaco region of northwestern New Mexico, a region also referred to as the "San Juan Basin." For more pictures...
October 2014 Rio Grande Trip
86 photos
Guardians All Staff Retreat October 2014
70 photos
Pawnee National Grassland at Risk from Fracking,...
69 photos
The Pawnee National Grassland in Colorado, located north of Denver and east of Fort Collins, is at risk from fracking. WildEarth Guardians recently commented on a U.S. Forest Service proposal that...
Fracking Threatens Berthoud, Colorado
40 photos
The oil and gas industry is knocking on the front door of Berthoud, Colorado, an idyllic community north of Boulder at the flanks of Rocky Mountain National Park. We checked out industry's latest...
2014 Guardians Gala
114 photos
People's Climate March SLC
47 photos
Salt Lake City, September 21, 2014. WildEarth Guardians orgnanizer Bob Brister speaking.
Wolf tattoos & accessories
15 photos
New Coal Mine in Book Cliffs of Colorado
61 photos, 1 video
LATEST UPDATE! In early March 2015, we learned that the company pursuing the proposed Book Cliffs coal mine has withdrawn its proposal, www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/plans-for-coal-mine-scra.... ...
Fracking in the Jonah Field of Wyoming
24 photos
PIctures of oil and gas fracking in the Jonah Field of western Wyoming. This area lies in the Upper Green River Basin, which is west of the Wind River Mountain Range and east of the Wyoming Mountain...
Rocky Mountain Public Lands Fracking Tour 2014
122 photos
With WildEarth Guardians' new Climate and Energy Campaign Director on board, we decided to take an 1,800 mile whirlwind tour of the Rocky Mountain West to see first hand the impacts of fracking on...
May 2014 Gila Donor Trip Staff Photos
27 photos
Summer vegan BBQ
22 photos
Kids Love Wolves
203 photos
From Pride festivals to farmers' markets, Kids Love Wolves!
Coal to Liquids Plant in Wyoming
52 photos
A field trip to the site of the proposed DKRW coal-to-liquids facility. We visited the site with geologist, Dr. Jay Lillegraven, who has mapped this area extensively and is more familiar with the...
Ashley National Forest Fracking
35 photos, 1 video
On May 7, 2014, WildEarth Guardians filed suit to halt drilling and fracking on the Ashley National Forest in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah. Read our press release here,...
Above the Sufco Coal Mine, Utah
48 photos
The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have proposed to approve a new coal lease that would expand the Sufco mine in Utah, currently the largest mine in the state. The lease would open the...
Ogden Nature Center Earth Day
5 photos
Organizer Bob Brister getting 87 pro-wolf postcards from participants in Ogden, UT on April 19, 2014.
Pet Food Gone Wild Easter Event 2014
6 photos
Cabezon Park, Rio Rancho, April 12, 2014, tabling for wolves and Trap Free New Mexico
UNM Wolf Fest 2014
19 photos
Zorro, the ambassador wolf from Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, and WildEarth Guardians table at UNM Wolf Fest, April 11, 2014
Utah Clean Air Fair
4 photos
Utah Clean Air Fair, March 29, 2014, Library Square, Salt Lake City
Ambassador wolf presentations March 13, 2014
48 photos
At the Bosque School and University of New Mexico, from Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary
SLC Clean Air Rally, Jan. 25, 2014
83 photos
George Wuerthner Wolf Presentation
16 photos
Ecologist George Wuerthner, an expert on carnivores, spoke at the Salt Lake City Main Library December 5, 2013 at an event hosted by the new Utah office of WildEarth Guardians. In introducing...
Fracking Near Douglas, Wyoming
10 photos
WildEarth Guardians is working to protect sage grouse from unchecked oil and gas fracking near Douglas, Wyoming. This area is part of the Douglas Core Area, a region where development is supposed to...
Powder River Basin Coal Mines Overflight,...
37 photos
Overflight of the Antelope and North Antelope-Rochelle coal mines in the southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming. WildEarth Guardians is working to prevent new coal leasing to expand these mines. ...
Tree planting with the University of Montana
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WildEarth Guardians teamed up with the University of Montana's Wilderness and Civilization class to help revegetate a reclaimed road on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest (ID) by pulling weeds...
Spring Creek/Decker Coal Export Complex
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We checked out the Spring Creek and Decker coal strip mines in southeastern Montana right on the border with Wyoming. These mines are just east of the Bighorn Mountains and 20 miles north of...
Gus Creek road reclamation before and after -...
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These photos were taken along an old overgrown Forest Service road in northwest Montana. The road was decommissioned in 2007 to improve fish and wildlife habitat. Treatment included decompacting the...
Scenic Utah
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Citizens' Wolf Hearing Oct 2013
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Legacy Roads wildlife monitoring
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Monitoring wildlife use on reclaimed roads across Forest Service region 1 (Northern Rockies) using remotely-triggered cameras
Guardians Gala 2013
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Guardians 10th Annual Gala in Santa Fe, September 27, 2013 featuring guest speaker and author Derrick Jensen.
Chaco Landscape ACEC Maps
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On September 4, 2013, WildEarth Guardians, together with the Society for American Archaeology, New Mexico Archaeological Council, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and the Chaco Alliance, petitioned the...
Sunset Roadless Area Threatened by Coal
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The Sunset Roadless Area, next to western Colorado's West Elk Wilderness, is threatened by coal mining. With support from the Trump Administration, Arch Coal is looking to expand a coal mine into...
West Elk Coal Mining Impacts in Western Colorado,...
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We took a trip to Arch Coal's West Elk coal mine in western Colorado in June of 2013, together with Earthjustice attorney, Ted Zukoski and Alli Melton with the High Country Conservation Advocates...
Pawnee National Grassland Photos
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Pictures taken by Guardians' member, Paddy Ryan, of Ryan Photographic (www.ryanphotographic.com/) while on a June 14, 2013 overflight of the Pawnee National Grassland in northeastern Colorado. Big...
Rio Grande Float Trip June 15, 2013
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Guardians' staff, board members, and friends take a float along the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Mercury Footprint of Colorado Plateau Coal-fired...
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Map of mercury deposition from the largest coal-fired power plants on the Colorado Plateau, including the Navajo Generating Station (AZ), Four Corners Power Plant (NM), San Juan Generating Station...
Howling Affair Fundraiser May 2013
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Valles Caldera Tree Planting Event May 18, 2013
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Rito Penas Negras Tree Planting Event May 4, 2013
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Volunteers and Guardians' staff work together to plant trees in the Valles Caldera in late spring.
Protecting Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling...
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WildEarth Guardians is working to protect Chaco Culture National Historic Park in northwestern New Mexico from oil and gas drilling and fracking. Chaco Culture is the heart of the Ancestral Puebloan...
West Elk Coal Mine Methane Venting, Google Earth...
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Images Created by Doug Pflugh of Earthjustice
Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge Threatened by New...
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WildEarth Guardians has filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its plan to sell the eastern edge of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge to the Jefferson Public Parkway...
Guardians Gala 2012
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September 21, 2012
220 people gathered to celebrate Mexican wolves and WildEarth Guardians efforts to protect them at the Santa Fe Farmer's Market Pavillion. Guest Speaker Cristina Eisenberg...
Howling Affair Fundraiser May 2012
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4th Annual Howling Affair in Denver featuring Captain Paul Watson, the Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Powder River Basin Coal, June 26-27, 2012
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Fence Removal Project
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Volunteers gathered twice in May and again in June to remove old livestock fencing in the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico to open up lands for native wildlife to move and migrate.
Stream Team March 31, 2012
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50 volunteers joined WildEarth Guardians' restoration team to help plant 1,000 trees in the course of 6 hours along the Santa Fe River in New Mexico.
The Views from Mesa Verde National Park
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Mesa Verde National Park is cherished for its unmatched views of the American Southwest. However, dirty energy is taking its toll on these views. Coal-fired power plants and oil and gas drilling...
Treehugger Bash November 2011
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In November we held our annual Treehugger Bash in Albuquerque at the amazing Grove Market and Cafe. 70 people showed up to share a lovely vegan meal, wine and beer, silent auction and a compelling...
Stop Clowning Around on Climate Change
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In November of 2009, WildEarth Guardians called on then Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to stop clowning around and start getting serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the state. A small...
New Mexico Carbon Cap Hearings
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New Mexicans came to Santa Fe the week of December 5th, calling on the Environmental Improvement Board to maintain a cap on carbon emissions in the State. The key target? PNM, New Mexico's largest...
Other Climate and Energy Shots
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Utah Prairie Dog Day at Bryce Canyon National...
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On June 24, 2011, Bryce Canyon celebrated their second annual Utah Prairie Dog Day. WildEarth Guardians was happy to be able to send staff to support the event, help park staff educate visitors...
Singing Solar Telegram Delivered to Governor...
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WildEarth Guardians and New Energy Economy deliver a singing solar telegram to New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez. The message? Time to put clean energy first and move beyond fossil fuels.
Sunset Trail Roadless Area
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Photos of the Sunset Trail Roadless Area in Western Colorado. This area is slated to get trashed by coal mining after the Forest Service issued a decision on November 8, 2011 allowing the West Elk...
"Die In" at PNM media set
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"Die In" at PNM
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WildEarth Guardians volunteers brought banners and dressed in convict costumes with PNM CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn facemasks calling PNM San Juan coal activity "criminal."
Super Beaver Day: November 5th, 2011
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Nearly 20 hearty souls braved the frigid temperatures to bring fodder (willows) out to a lone beaver who has moved in to one of our recent restoration sites in the Valles Caldera. The site has not...
Coal Mine Air Pollution
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Pictures of air pollution at coal mines, including orange clouds, particulate matter, and methane venting.
Coal Mine Methane Venting Impacts
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This is what methane venting above coal mines looks like in western Colorado. These pictures were taken above the West Elk coal mine, one of the largest coal mines in the North Fork of the Gunnison...
Four Corners Power Plant and San Juan Generating...
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View of the Four Corners Power Plant and San Juan Generating Station, two of the largest coal-fired power plants in the western United States. Both are located just west of Farmington, New Mexico in...
Guardians Gala 2011
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Photos from our Fall Guardians Gala in Santa Fe. This year's event was held at the SF Convention Center and was attended by 300 people. Our guest speaker was Congressman Martin Heinrich. Thanks to...
Coal-fired Power Plants that WildEarth Guardians...
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Coal Mine Exploration Photos from North Fork...
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Pictures of coal exploration in the North Fork Valley of Colorado. Oxbow Mining is planning more coal exploration in the Oak Mesa area north of Hotchkiss, just down the valley from this area. These...
Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels, Denver, September 24,...
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WildEarth Guardians joins in the Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels Bike Ride in Denver, September 24, 2011. Big thanks to the Colorado350.org crew for leading the organization of this event, as well as...
Rio Grande book signing
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Images from our Los Alamos National Bank (LANB) hosted book signing event for "The Rio Grande: An Eagle's View" held August 2011. All photos credited to Dr. Robert Skaggs.
Oil and Gas Wells, Gunnison County, Colorado,...
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An abandoned well-site and a producing well-site, both on the Grand Mesa in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Climate and Energy Program Maps
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Maps prepared in conjunction with WildEarth Guardians' Climate and Energy Program. Most of these maps were prepared by Kurt Menke at Birds Eye View GIS, please check out his website at...
North Denver, May 7, 2011
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Field trip to North Denver in early May, visiting documenting an illegal shingle pile, the Riverside Cemetery, the Cherokee coal-fired power plant, Heron Pond, the Suncor Refinery, and other sites.
Powder River Basin Coal, Wyoming, April 11, 2010
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A trip to the Wyoming Powder River Basin to check out some of the coal mining country.
Powder River Basin Coal, Montana and Wyoming,...
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A coal tour of the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming. WildEarth Guardians is currently challenging coal mining in the Powder River Basin because of its link to global warming. The region is...
Fossil Fool's Day Rally, Denver, April 1, 2009
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Pictures from WildEarth Guardians' April 1, 2009 rally for clean energy. Held at Heron Pond in north Denver, in the shadows of Xcel Energy's Cherokee coal-fired power plant, more than 100 of us...
Proposed Red Cliff Coal Mine Area, Colorado, June...
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Area slated to be impacted by proposed Red Cliff coal mine. The new mine would be punched into the Book Cliffs northwest of Grand Junction, Colorado.
Currant Creek Roadless Area, Colorado, August 19,...
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The Currant Creek Roadless Area is on the southwestern corner of the Grand Mesa in Delta County, Colorado. Oxbow Mining wants to develop the new Oak Mesa coal mine under this area's southern and...
Proposed Oak Mesa Coal Mine Area, Colorado,...
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Exploring lands above the proposed Oak Mesa coal mine in the North Fork Valley of Delta County, Colorado (just northwest of Paonia). Oxbow Mining, which already operates the Elk Creek coal mine up...
Above the West Elk Coal Mine, Colorado, August...
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Methane venting wells above the West Elk coal mine in the North Fork Valley of Gunnison County, Colorado (just east of Paonia). Also some shots of the Sunset Trail Roadless Area, a wild area next to...
Elk Creek Coal Mine Area, Colorado, August 17,...
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Pictures of BLM and National Forest lands above Oxbow Mining's Elk Creek coal mine in the North Fork Valley of Gunnison County, Colorado. The Elk Creek mine is on the north side of the valley, while...
Howling Affair 2011
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WildEarth Guardians annual dinner and fundraiser in Denver, CO
Bobcat-palooza Las Cruces
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Author and Biologist Kevin Hansen talks about bobcats and how they fit into today's world. This event occurred April 12th, 2011.
Ojo Caliente, NM River Restoration
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WildEarth Guardians Spring Tree Planting along the Ojo Caliente to restore the streambanks for river and wildlife health. March 2011
Stream Team 2010
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River Restoration at Rio Puerco, NM 2010. Photos by Jess Alford, WildEarth Guardians Board Member.
Wolves in Yellowstone March 2011
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Following our wolf hearing in Montana March 2011, our Wildlife Program Director Nicole and General Council Jay joined Doug McLaughlin who captured these amazing photos of some of Yellowstone's...
Valles Caldera National Preserve
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Fence Removal Project, August 2009. Volunteers helped us to remove livestock fencing to create more wildlife corridors.
Guardians Gala 2010
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Guardians Annual Gala is held each September in Santa, Fe, NM.
Prairie Dog Day 2011
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WildEarth Guardians and the Prairie Dog Coalition of the Humane Society of the United States took Lowry Elementary School students to the Plains Conservation Center for an educational adventure...
Oil and Gas Pipelines on Public Lands
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Collection of images of oil and gas pipelines on public lands in the American West.
West Elk Coal Mine Inspection, June 2018
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WildEarth Guardians conducted an inspection of mining operations at Arch Coal's West Elk coal mine in conjunction with a challenge to a permit that would allow Arch to expand the mine. While mining...