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Forest Guardians is a non profit environmental organization that is based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. One of their fundemental beliefs is that the diversity of wildlife, plants and ecosystems, and untrammeled wild spaces hold the key to the rehabilitation of a impoverished region. They belive that economic and cultural success are inextricably tied to a healthy land.

Forest Guardians celebrated 15 years of activity on September 30, 2004.

Mission Statement

"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."

~as taken from the Forest Guardians Home Page

External Links

• The Forest Guardians Home Page
• Newspaper Article about a lawsuit Forest Guardians filed with Sinapu to prevent recreational trapping.
• PDF of the filed complaint in the lawsuit with Sinapu against recreational trapping.
• Newspaper Article about a lawsuit Forest Guardians was involved with fighting for the protection of the Gunnison’s Prairie Dog
• Newspaper Article about a lawsuit that Forest Guardians filed against the US Forest Service for jeopardizing the endangered Mexican spotted owl through poor grazing management.