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Founded in 1989, Forest Guardians has emerged as a results-driven group with a proven record of defending and preserving threatened southwestern wildlife and ecosystems. Our approach to conservation features a potent combination of scientific analysis, strategic litigation to enforce existing environmental laws, and efforts to reform misguided public polices.Our MissionForest Guardians seeks to protect and restore the native wildlands and wildlife of the American Southwest through fundamental reform of public policies and practices.Our goals are to protect and restore the native biological diversity and watersheds of the American Southwest; educate and enlist citizens to support protection of the forests, rivers, deserts and grasslands of this arid region; advocate for the principles of conservation biology in plans to restore degraded ecosystems and watersheds; enforce and strengthen environmental laws; support communities in efforts to protect their land and to practice and promote sustainable use of natural resources.Our ActivismForest Guardians is leading the fight to protect and restore the forests, rivers, grasslands, wildlife and wilderness of the Southwest, Southern Rockies and Southern Great Plains. We believe that the diversity of wildlife, plants and ecosystems, and our untrammeled wild spaces, hold the key to the rehabilitation of our impoverished region Our economic and cultural success are inextricably tied to a healthy land.Forest Guardians celebrated 15 years of defending wildness on September 30th, 2004. We’re looking forward to many more years of successes and challenges at the vanguard of the environmental movement—redefining the public debate about wildlands conservation and preservation. Read about our success..Our vision is strong. Our staff is the catalyzing agent— building the political mandate for environmental protection. Challenges to the environmental movement have never been greater. Forest Guardians is ready to meet these challenges. If you care about wild forests, free-flowing rivers, untrammeled deserts, and the creatures that inhabit these beautiful places, support Forest Guardians. We are here to ensure protection and restoration of our last wild ecosystems.
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You can use your voice to safeguard endangered species and their vital safety net, the Endangered Species Act. Learn more.. Click here to sign up!As noble ambassadors for the law’s central concept, you can serve in the following ways:? write letters to the editor? participate in call-in radio shows? attend public hearings and speak up for species on the brink? write letters to elected officials to applaud or criticize their actions with regard to native speciesClick here to sign up!

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Why Endangered Species are so important

Keystone species Like the keystone that supports an archway in architectural design, keystone species sustain ecosystems. The loss of keystone species may usher in ecosystem collapse. The present bio...
Posted by Forest Guardians on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:53:00 PST

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Press Release  DATE:  6/21/2007 AUTHOR: Forest Guardians CONTACT: Dr. Nicole Rosmarino, Forest Guardians, (505) 988-9126 x156 PROGRAM AREA:  Endangered Species&...
Posted by Forest Guardians on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:50:00 PST