http://www.nativeecosystems.org Saving endangered species in the Greater Southern Rockies. daily 1 2006-08-27T03:07:33Z http://www.nativeecosystems.org/newsroom/endangered-species-act-protection-will-be-considered-for-white-tailed-prairie-dog-1 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will initiate a formal review of the white-tailed prairie dog's status, and will consider protecting the prairie dog under the Endangered Species Act. This overturns the Service's 2004 decision denying protections, which the Service admits was manipulated by a political appointee. No publisher erin endangered species white-tailed prairie dog White-tailed prairie dog Endangered Species Act 2008-05-12T23:43:08Z Press Release http://www.nativeecosystems.org/newsroom/core-lynx-habitat-spared-from-oil-and-gas-drilling Some of the most important habitat for endangered Canada lynx in the Southern Rocky Mountains was spared from imminent damage from oil and gas drilling Friday when the Bureau of Land Management deferred leasing on 144,000 acres of the Rio Grande National Forest. No publisher josh 2008-05-05T15:22:19Z Press Release http://www.nativeecosystems.org/newsroom/lynx-habitat-threatened-by-oil-and-gas-development Wildlife advocates and conservation groups filed formal protests yesterday of the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to allow oil and gas drilling in tens of thousands of acres of forest in Southwest Colorado. Oil and gas drilling in this area would damage important wildlife habitat, including core habitat for the Canada lynx. No publisher josh 2008-04-24T21:45:01Z Press Release