Protect Wildlife

Protecting Wildlife

Protecting Wildlife

The Sierra Club is working to protect vulnerable wildlife from the climate and extinction crises. To protect wild species-- the habitat they live and the climates they depend upon-- we are fighting to protect at least 30% of our lands by 2030.


To protect wild species-- the habitat they live and the climates they depend upon-- scientists say we must protect at least 30% of our lands by 2030.

About Our Program

As a part of the Sierra Club’s efforts to protect 30% of our natural land by 2030 as a strategy in fighting the climate crisis, we will prioritize lands that are home to our most delicate wildlife and the resourcesupon which they depend.

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August 4, 2022

PORTLAND, OR— Today fishing and conservation groups in long-running litigation to protect endangered salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake Rivers joined with the State of Oregon, Nez Perce Tribe and United States to ask the U.S.…

July 21, 2022

Today the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted out of committee Senator Daines’ bill that would remove requirements under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). S. 2561, ostensibly centered around undoing the Cottonwood Environmental…

July 19, 2022

Today, a coalition of wildlife advocates, hunters, and anglers challenged the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the Forest Service’s decision to abandon all 10 crucial wildlife standards that have guided wildlife…

July 5, 2022

Today, in a win for wildlife protection and conservation, a federal district court restored comprehensive Endangered Species Act regulatory protections to hundreds of species and the places they call home. The Services filed a voluntary remand…

June 28, 2022

The House Appropriations Committee today is taking up the FY2023 Interior spending bill. The bill would provide robust funding increases for endangered, threatened, and imperiled species conservation and outdoor access and equity work.