WildEarth Guardians

Tuesday, February 10, 2004
In the face of the U.S. Forest Service's refusal to take basic steps to protect lynx on public lands in New Mexico, several cons

A 1999 assessment by the Forest Service found that Forest Plans in the Southern Rockies may harm lynx and lynx habitat. The Carson and Santa Fe National Forests did not participate in the assessment or in the subsequent conservation agreement.
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Representing WildEarth Guardians (Santa Fe, NM), Center for Native Ecosystems (Paonia, Colorado), Animal Protection of New Mexico (Albuquerque), Carson Forest Watch (Llano, New Mexico), Sinapu (Boulder, Colorado), and Animal Protection Institute (Sacramento, California), the Western Environmental Law Center's Southwest Office (Taos, New Mexico) sent a letter to the regional forester and filed the complaint in federal court in Santa Fe.

Read the Complaint 2/10/04 (PDF)