Tell the Bureau of Land Management not to gut the Public Lands Rule.  John,  U.S. public lands are home to an amazing array of wildlife — pronghorns, imperiled songbirds, sage grouse, desert tortoises, and countless other species. When the Bureau of Land Management makes decisions about these vast …

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1322, November 6, 2025  Court Win for Montana Grizzly Bears The grizzlies of the stunning Yaak Valley, in Montana, got a welcome reprieve last week. In response to a 2022 lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and…

Endangered Earth Big Oil wants to drill away Alaska and the Arctic.               Give Now » Hi John, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Big Oil-friendly officials just unveiled a horrifying plan to plunder Alaska's…

This Halloween, tell Amazon to stop selling painted woolly bats.  John,  It’s Halloween. All around we see spooky representations of witches, pumpkins, cats, bats, and more.  But some Halloween decorations are real painted woolly bats collected from the wild — killed, stuffed, and hung on walls thou…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1321, October 30, 2025  Lawsuit Aims to Help Olympic Marmots Olympic marmots — large, round-bodied squirrels who live almost entirely inside Olympic National Park in Washington state — are threatened by climate change and coyot…

Endangered Earth We'll fight to keep Big Oil out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.               Give Now » Hi John, The Trump administration just moved to open up the entire coastal plain of the Arctic Nation…

Endangered Earth We won't be bullied.               Give Now » Hi John, The Center for Biological Diversity and all we stand for are being targeted. A far-right think tank has put the Center on a list of organizatio…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1320, October 23, 2025  Help Sought for Tail-Dropping, Legless Lizards  The Center for Biological Diversity has just filed a petition to protect little reptiles called mimic glass lizards under the Endangered Species Act. These…

Endangered Earth Wolves in the northern Rockies need federal protection.               Give Now » Hi John, Only two days into Montana's wolf-hunting season, a beloved Yellowstone wolf from the Jackson Butte pack was…

This unique desert landscape is no place for a four-lane highway.   John,  In 2024 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management rejected plans to bulldoze a four-lane highway through the beloved Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in southwest Utah — a place that’s protected for the northernmost population …

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1,319, October 16, 2025  In California, a Pocket Mouse Could Get State Help  After a Center for Biological Diversity petition, California’s Fish and Game Commission has voted unanimously to make Pacific pocket mice candidates for…

Endangered Earth Florida's manatees urgently need more protection.               Give Now » Hi John, The die-off of Florida manatees has escalated this year. A total of 558 deaths have been reported — nearly 100 mor…

Learn more about how food affects communities and the planet.  John,  The Center for Biological Diversity invites you to our sixth annual virtual Food Justice Film Festival, Oct. 23-26. This year’s festival will feature four documentary films highlighting links between food sovereignty, agricultura…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1318, October 9, 2025 Endangered Candy Darter Saved From Coal Hauling  A colorful little fish called the candy darter has been spared the ongoing threat of coal hauling in West Virginia’s Cherry River watershed following a lawsui…

Endangered Earth We'll fight each and every attack on the Endangered Species Act.               Give Now » Hi John, Just before the government shut down last week, the Trump administration took a massive swipe at t…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1317, October 2, 2025  Win Could Boost Protection for Streaked Horned Larks  In response to a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and Bird Alliance of Oregon, a judge has struck down a federal finding that streaked ho…

Endangered Earth More mountain lions will die without wildlife connectivity.               Give Now » Hi John, A mountain lion in Southern California was killed this month in a vehicle collision. Her two cubs, just…